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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 191 · 2000
Sheikhpura
Winner — 2000
SANJAY KUMAR SINGH
INC· INC
INC 67.1%RJD 20.8%3 others 12.1%
Votes
87,650
67.1% share
Winning margin
60,537
46.4% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
69.3%
of 1,88,425
Sheikhpura is a safe seat — SANJAY KUMAR SINGH won by 46.4%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SANJAY KUMAR SINGH | INC | 87,650 | 67.1% |
| 2 | VIJAY KUMAR YADAV | RJD | 27,113 | 20.8% |
| 3 | JITENDRA NATH | 10,623 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | RAM BADAN RAI | 4,947 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | SITA RAM YADAV | IND | 286 | 0.2% |
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.
Average turnout (98th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe46.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 25.2% · min 1.8% · max 78.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
69%
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98th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
196th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.6%
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146th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 67.1%RJD 20.8%CPI 8.1%OTH 4.0%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
58,38,465
Density
1823 / km²
Sex ratio
897 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,202 km²
SC population15.8%
ST population0.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.7%Muslim 7.5%Other 0.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water24.2%
Electricity57.1%
Sanitation53.0%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated56.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.5%
Children underweight (under 5)39.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.1%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.6%
Clean cooking fuel64.6%
Health insurance10.2%
What's nearby?
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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.