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Winner — 2001 by-elections

Satish Kumar
SAP 47.1%RJD 38.5%16 others 14.4%
Votes
58,999
47.1% share
Winning margin
10,697
8.5% of votes
Total candidates
18

A clear win with a 8.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

18 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Satish Kumar
58,99947.1%
2
Kuamar Puspanjay
48,30238.5%
3
Arun Kumar Singh
LOK JAN SHAKTI
12,2699.8%
4
Vijay Paswan
1,4681.2%
5
Narayan Singh
IND
8110.7%
6
Dinesh Azad
IND
6670.5%
7
Rajendra Ravidas
CPI(ML)(L)
6090.5%
8
Kaushal Kumar
IND
4290.3%
9
Manish Chandra
IND
4270.3%
10
Tripurari Prasad Singh
IND
2740.2%
11
Prem Kumar Nirala
IND
2320.2%
12
Uday Sharma Prasad Singh
IND
2150.2%
13
Nawal Kisore
IND
1930.1%
14
Sudhir Prasad Singh
SJP(R)
1600.1%
15
Devendra Paswan
IND
1320.1%
16
Vinay Kumar Singh
IND
690.1%
17
Yadvendra Prasad
IND
610.1%
18
Girish Chandra Prasad Singh
IND
570.1%

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.

Low turnout (228th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
8.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.3% · min 0.5% · max 30.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
58%
lowerhigher
228th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.07
fewer partiesmore parties
46th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.9%
lowerhigher
103rd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
1 seats · 1 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.07EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SAP 47.1%RJD 38.5%LOK JAN SHAKTI 9.8%OTH 4.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
27,28,407
Density
1139 / km²
Sex ratio
908 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,395 km²
SC population15.6%
ST population0.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 92.3%Muslim 7.3%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.7%
Electricity15.0%
Sanitation27.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.9%
Children fully vaccinated61.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.7%
Children underweight (under 5)44.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.6%
Women literate64.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.2%
Clean cooking fuel42.9%
Health insurance9.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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