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Araria

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Winner — 2000

BIJAY KUMAR MANDAL
IND
IND 17.6%INC 17.0%14 others 65.3%
Votes
21,698
17.6% share
Winning margin
717
0.6% of votes
Total candidates
16
Turnout
68.5%
of 1,79,707

Araria was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.6% — fewer than 717 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history
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All Candidates

16 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BIJAY KUMAR MANDAL
IND
21,69817.6%
2
MOIDUR RAHMAN
INC
INC
20,98117.0%
3
RAJENDRA PRASAD GUPTA
BJP
NDA
16,02013.0%
4
WAJHUL KAMAR
NCP
NCP
15,78212.8%
5
PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH
IND
14,25411.6%
6
BINOD KUMAR ROY
RJD
RJD
5,9584.8%
7
HAIDER YASIN
IND
5,4144.4%
8
MAYA NAND CHOUDHARY
IND
5,1484.2%
9
TRILOK NATH JHA
AJBP
5,1144.2%
10
HEM SUNDAR JHA
IND
3,9493.2%
11
IKRAMUL HAQUE
BJC(R)
3,4972.8%
12
M. RAHMAN
CPI
2,5682.1%
13
AKHTER HUSSAIN
SP
Samajwadi Party
1,3081.1%
14
KHUSHI LAL SAH
IND
7570.6%
15
JAGESHWER PASWAN
IND
5890.5%
16
NASIM AHMAD
BSP
BSP
1200.1%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (94th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.6% · min 0.2% · max 50.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
94th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.29
fewer partiesmore parties
219th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
183rd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.29EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 17.6%INC 17.0%BJP 13.0%NCP 12.8%IND 11.6%OTH 28.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,95,021
Density
1717 / km²
Sex ratio
895 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,036 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.2%Muslim 9.6%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.9%
Electricity11.1%
Sanitation27.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births81.6%
Children fully vaccinated71.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.3%
Children underweight (under 5)38.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.1%
Women literate62.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.9%
Clean cooking fuel40.9%
Health insurance13.5%

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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