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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 209 · 1996 by-elections
Dinapur
Winner — 1996 by-elections
Vijay Singh Yadav
BJP 49.2%JD 48.4%10 others 2.4%
Votes
36,704
49.2% share
Winning margin
588
0.8% of votes
Total candidates
12
Dinapur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.8% — fewer than 588 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
12 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vijay Singh Yadav | 36,704 | 49.2% | |
| 2 | Ramanand Yadav | 36,116 | 48.4% | |
| 3 | Ramcharitra Prasad Singh | 839 | 1.1% | |
| 4 | Moin Ansari | IND | 348 | 0.5% |
| 5 | J P Sharma | IND | 126 | 0.2% |
| 6 | Lemu Rai | IND | 126 | 0.2% |
| 7 | Ranjan Kumar | IND | 115 | 0.1% |
| 8 | Ranvir Singh | IND | 83 | 0.1% |
| 9 | Sanjay Kumar Yadav | IND | 51 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Nagarmal Vajoria | IND | 32 | 0.0% |
| 11 | Uma Kant | IND | 30 | 0.0% |
| 12 | Sudesh Kumar | IND | 30 | 0.0% |
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
Average turnout (150th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean0.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.5% · min 0.8% · max 30.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
66%
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150th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.54
fewer partiesmore parties
11th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.4%
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164th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
14 seats · 8 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.54EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 49.2%JD 48.4%OTH 2.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
29,59,918
Density
763 / km²
Sex ratio
918 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,881 km²
SC population18.6%
ST population1.1%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.4%Muslim 10.2%Other 0.5%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.6%
Electricity25.2%
Sanitation28.2%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated86.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.0%
Children underweight (under 5)48.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.9%
Women literate76.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.3%
Clean cooking fuel47.4%
Health insurance17.2%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.