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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 220 · 2000Reserved (SC)

Rajpur

Winner — 2000

CHHEDI LAL RAM
BSP· BSP
BSP 24.1%RJD 22.3%14 others 53.6%
Votes
21,604
24.1% share
Winning margin
1,615
1.8% of votes
Total candidates
16
Turnout
59.4%
of 1,51,050

Rajpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.8% — fewer than 1,615 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

16 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHHEDI LAL RAM
BSP
21,60424.1%
2
KAMAKHYA NARAYAN
RJD
19,98922.3%
3
SHYAM PYARI DEVI
16,68018.6%
4
ARJUN RAM
9,97411.1%
5
RAM NARAYAN RAM
IND
7,5308.4%
6
OM PRAKASH VIDYARTHI
IND
5,9746.7%
7
RAMGRIH RAM
INC
1,7081.9%
8
RAMA KANT RAM
CPI(ML)(L)
1,4181.6%
9
AMAR KUMAR PASWAN
NCP
1,0351.1%
10
VINOD KUMAR
AJBP
1,0081.1%
11
DEEP CHAND DAS
IND
6750.8%
12
YOGENDRA DHOBI
6090.7%
13
SURENDRA PASWAN
NDA
5130.6%
14
ANITA DEVI
IND
4690.5%
15
BUDHAN RAM
IND
3650.4%
16
RAJENDRA PRABHAKAR
SWJP
1240.1%

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 (178th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.5% · min 0.5% · max 27.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
178th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.81
fewer partiesmore parties
65th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
239th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.81EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BSP 24.1%RJD 22.3%SAP 18.6%CPI 11.1%IND 8.4%IND 6.7%OTH 8.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,40,073
Density
769 / km²
Sex ratio
926 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,305 km²
SC population24.1%
ST population0.0%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.2%Muslim 9.3%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.6%
Electricity11.5%
Sanitation21.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births77.5%
Children fully vaccinated89.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.2%
Children underweight (under 5)48.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.5%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.3%
Clean cooking fuel38.9%
Health insurance15.4%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Lemon Grass🏺Strawberry

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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