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Winner — 2000

VIRENDRA PRASAD
IND
IND 40.0%RJD 39.7%19 others 20.3%
Votes
44,227
40.0% share
Winning margin
267
0.2% of votes
Total candidates
21
Turnout
59.5%
of 1,85,968

Adapur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.2% — fewer than 267 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

21 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
VIRENDRA PRASAD
IND
44,22740.0%
2
SHYAM BIHARI PRASAD
RJD
43,96039.7%
3
ABDUL HAFIZ ANSARI
NDA
8,6987.9%
4
SATYA NARAIN RAI
4,8484.4%
5
VISHUNDEV RAI
CPI(ML)(L)
2,2002.0%
6
JAMIL AKHTAR
IND
1,6971.5%
7
RAM PRIT RAI
INC
1,3131.2%
8
BHAGAT SINGH
8420.8%
9
IRSHADUL HAQUE
AJBP
5940.5%
10
NAKCHHED RAM
IND
5880.5%
11
AWADH KISHORE PRASAD
IND
3770.3%
12
RAMEKWAL BAITHA
IND
3350.3%
13
MADAN MOHAN PRASAD
BSP
2380.2%
14
SAMSUDIN
NCP
2380.2%
15
SHRINARAIN PASWAN
IND
1870.2%
16
RAM DAYAL RAM
IND
830.1%
17
VIDYA NAND PRASAD
IND
700.1%
18
SATYADEO PRASAD SINGH
IND
700.1%
19
VIMAL PD. SINGH
IND
460.0%
20
HARENDRA PASWAN
IND
420.0%
21
LAXMAN PD.
IND
400.0%

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.

High turnout (30th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.9% · min 0.2% · max 30.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
30th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.35
fewer partiesmore parties
201st of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
147th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.35EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 40.0%RJD 39.7%JD(U) 7.9%OTH 12.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
50,99,371
Density
1285 / km²
Sex ratio
902 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,968 km²
SC population12.7%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
80%HINDU
Hindu 80.1%Muslim 19.4%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.0%
Electricity7.6%
Sanitation18.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births61.5%
Children fully vaccinated68.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Children underweight (under 5)37.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.3%
Women literate50.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.2%
Clean cooking fuel44.2%
Health insurance19.4%

What's nearby?

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