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Winner — 2000

UTTAM KUMAR YADAV
RJD· RJD
RJD 27.1%CPI 26.7%6 others 46.3%
Votes
29,381
27.1% share
Winning margin
458
0.4% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
62.5%
of 1,73,629

Bachwara was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.4% — fewer than 458 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
UTTAM KUMAR YADAV
RJD
29,38127.1%
2
AWDHESH RAI
28,92326.7%
3
RAMDEO RAI
INC
28,76426.5%
4
CHANDRA KUMAR SINGH
NDA
19,13217.6%
5
DILIP KUMAR GUPTA
NCP
6970.6%
6
GUNJAN KUMAR
IND
5700.5%
7
CHANDRA SHEKHAR RAY
NDPF
5630.5%
8
ROHIT KUMAR RAM
IND
4530.4%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

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 (237th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.1% · min 0.0% · max 45.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
57%
lowerhigher
237th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.48
fewer partiesmore parties
148th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.6%
lowerhigher
35th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.48EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RJD 27.1%CPI 26.7%INC 26.5%JD(U) 17.6%OTH 2.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
33,30,464
Density
1501 / km²
Sex ratio
988 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,219 km²
SC population11.6%
ST population2.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.5%Muslim 18.3%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.5%
Electricity9.7%
Sanitation22.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.4%
Children fully vaccinated76.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)30.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.1%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.3%
Clean cooking fuel48.0%
Health insurance8.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mentha

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