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Winner — 1996 by-elections

Janardan Sharma
BJP 29.4%JD 26.7%9 others 43.9%
Votes
34,037
29.4% share
Winning margin
3,129
2.7% of votes
Total candidates
11

A closely fought contest. Janardan Sharma won with a 2.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Janardan Sharma
34,03729.4%
2
Ashok Kumar Verma
30,90826.7%
3
Dinanath Singh
24,10420.8%
4
Krishna Deo Yadav
CPI(ML)(L)
24,10120.8%
5
Vinod Sharma
1,0840.9%
6
Yasmin Begum
AIIC(T)
4180.4%
7
Ram Bachan Singh
IND
3390.3%
8
Shashidhar Prasad Singh
SJP(R)
2800.2%
9
Umesh Singh
IND
1800.2%
10
Satyendra Kumar
IND
1300.1%
11
Ajit Narayan Singh
IND
1230.1%

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.

Low turnout (222nd), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.5% · min 1.4% · max 36.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
59%
lowerhigher
222nd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.46
fewer partiesmore parties
15th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.9%
lowerhigher
20th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
14 seats · 8 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.46EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 29.4%JD 26.7%SP 20.8%CPI(ML)(L) 20.8%OTH 2.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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.

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