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Winner — 2000

LALU PRASAD
RJD· RJD
RJD 56.5%BJP 41.0%9 others 2.5%
Votes
64,085
56.5% share
Winning margin
17,555
15.5% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
56.6%
of 2,00,488

Dinapur is a safe seat — LALU PRASAD won by 15.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
LALU PRASAD
RJD
64,08556.5%
2
RAMA NAND YADAV
NDA
46,53041.0%
3
SHASHI SHEKHAR PRASAD
INC
1,1671.0%
4
RAM PRASAD PASWAN
BSP
6050.5%
5
RAJ NA RAI
CPI(ML)(L)
2530.2%
6
RAVI RAY
IND
1920.2%
7
BIJAY SINGH YADAV
IND
1420.1%
8
MD. ISRAIL ANSARI
BMF
1290.1%
9
PRAMOD KUMAR SRIBASTAV
IND
1070.1%
10
J. P. SHARMA
IND
1050.1%
11
PANCHA NAND SINGH
IND
830.1%

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.

Average turnout (150th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
15.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.5% · min 0.8% · max 30.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
66%
lowerhigher
150th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.54
fewer partiesmore parties
11th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
164th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.54EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RJD 56.5%BJP 41.0%OTH 2.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
29,59,918
Density
763 / km²
Sex ratio
918 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,881 km²
SC population18.6%
ST population1.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.4%Muslim 10.2%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.6%
Electricity25.2%
Sanitation28.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated86.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.0%
Children underweight (under 5)48.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.9%
Women literate76.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.3%
Clean cooking fuel47.4%
Health insurance17.2%

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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