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Winner — 1996 by-elections

Sheo Shanker Yadav
JD 46.7%BJP 43.9%9 others 9.4%
Votes
39,551
46.7% share
Winning margin
2,403
2.8% of votes
Total candidates
11

A closely fought contest. Sheo Shanker Yadav won with a 2.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Sheo Shanker Yadav
39,55146.7%
2
Dhruv Shanker Pd. Singh
37,14843.9%
3
Gulam Haidar
CPI(ML)
2,2182.6%
4
Sheodhari Dube
1,9042.3%
5
Areshad Ali
1,2491.5%
6
Nesar Ahamad
1,0401.2%
7
Rajlal Yadav
IND
7570.9%
8
Mahatma Singh
SJP(R)
3550.4%
9
Gulam Shahid
IND
2540.3%
10
Jitan Yadav
IND
1000.1%
11
Ahasanul Haque
AIIC(T)
690.1%

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 (213th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.6% · min 0.1% · max 47.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
213th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.62
fewer partiesmore parties
100th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
188th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
14 seats · 8 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.62EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD 46.7%BJP 43.9%OTH 9.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,87,379
Density
1282 / km²
Sex ratio
927 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,501 km²
SC population13.1%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.4%Muslim 18.3%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.2%
Electricity12.6%
Sanitation18.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births73.7%
Children fully vaccinated74.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.3%
Children underweight (under 5)36.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.4%
Women literate53.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.2%
Clean cooking fuel40.0%
Health insurance19.2%

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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