Back to Bihar 2000 map
Bihar · Assembly Constituency 165 · 2000

Pirpainti

1951195719621967196919721977198019851990199520002005 (Feb)2005 (Oct)2010201520202025

Winner — 2000

SHOBHAKANT MANDAL
RJD· RJD
RJD 34.5%CPI 25.4%10 others 40.1%
Votes
43,329
34.5% share
Winning margin
11,401
9.1% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
61.2%
of 2,05,449

A clear win with a 9.1% margin.

Seat history
⚖ Compare 1995 vs 2000

All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHOBHAKANT MANDAL
RJD
RJD
43,32934.5%
2
AMBIKA PRASAD
CPI
31,92825.4%
3
RAKESH KUMAR TIWARI
IND
24,25219.3%
4
VIJAY KUMAR SINGH
BJP
NDA
8,7827.0%
5
GYANDEO PRASAD
SHS
6,7995.4%
6
RAJBALLABH SINHA
INC
INC
6,2165.0%
7
BACHCHA PRASAD GUPTA
IND
1,1740.9%
8
RANJAN KUMAR PANDE
AJBP
8700.7%
9
TILAK DHARI SINGH
BSP
BSP
8430.7%
10
DAYA DEVI
IND
7140.6%
11
PARMESHWAR MANDAL
NCP
NCP
5240.4%
12
BHDESHWAR MODI
IND
2440.2%

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

Low turnout (202nd), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
9.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.1% · min 0.8% · max 45.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
62%
lowerhigher
202nd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.27
fewer partiesmore parties
226th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
158th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.27EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RJD 34.5%CPI 25.4%IND 19.3%BJP 7.0%SHS 5.4%OTH 8.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,67,765
Density
964 / km²
Sex ratio
876 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,419 km²
SC population13.4%
ST population1.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.6%Muslim 8.1%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.7%
Electricity34.3%
Sanitation38.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.2%
Children fully vaccinated73.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.5%
Children underweight (under 5)39.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.4%
Women literate69.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.7%
Clean cooking fuel59.4%
Health insurance15.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Lemon Grass🏺Mentha

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Ask the state

STATE INDICATORS · RBI 2024-25
ID: BR-165·View all Bihar 2000 seats →