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Winner — 2000

DR. SHAKIL AHMAD
INC· INC
INC 34.1%RJD 23.8%6 others 42.1%
Votes
41,889
34.1% share
Winning margin
12,599
10.2% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
63.8%
of 1,92,767

A clear win with a 10.2% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DR. SHAKIL AHMAD
INC
41,88934.1%
2
ABDUL HAI
RJD
29,29023.8%
3
ZAHIR PARSAUNAVI
NDA
24,90320.3%
4
SHIV SHANKAR YADAV
13,48711.0%
5
RAM CHANDRA YADAV
KSP
9,4367.7%
6
LUKESHWAR RAM
BSP
1,4721.2%
7
VEDANAND JHA
BJC(R)
1,4271.2%
8
AJAY KUMAR JHA
1,0980.9%

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 (116th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
10.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.2% · min 6.5% · max 36.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
116th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.54
fewer partiesmore parties
126th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.7%
lowerhigher
30th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.54EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 34.1%RJD 23.8%JD(U) 20.3%CPI 11.0%KSP 7.7%OTH 3.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
19,00,661
Density
1127 / km²
Sex ratio
906 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,687 km²
SC population16.7%
ST population0.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.7%Muslim 14.0%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.8%
Electricity11.2%
Sanitation16.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births70.4%
Children fully vaccinated72.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.8%
Children underweight (under 5)42.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate43.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.0%
Clean cooking fuel25.2%
Health insurance12.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Makhana (Foxnut)

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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