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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 213 · 1996 by-elections
Paliganj
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| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Janardan Sharma | 34,037 | 29.4% | |
| 2 | Ashok Kumar Verma | 30,908 | 26.7% | |
| 3 | Dinanath Singh | 24,104 | 20.8% | |
| 4 | Krishna Deo Yadav | CPI(ML)(L) | 24,101 | 20.8% |
| 5 | Vinod Sharma | 1,084 | 0.9% | |
| 6 | Yasmin Begum | AIIC(T) | 418 | 0.4% |
| 7 | Ram Bachan Singh | IND | 339 | 0.3% |
| 8 | Shashidhar Prasad Singh | SJP(R) | 280 | 0.2% |
| 9 | Umesh Singh | IND | 180 | 0.2% |
| 10 | Satyendra Kumar | IND | 130 | 0.1% |
| 11 | Ajit Narayan Singh | IND | 123 | 0.1% |
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
lean2.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.5% · min 1.4% · max 36.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
59%
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222nd of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.46
fewer partiesmore parties
15th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.9%
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20th of 243Where 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 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.