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Winner — 2003 by-elections

Suneel Kumar alias Pintu
BJP 60.6%RJD 32.3%8 others 7.1%
Votes
73,687
60.5% share
Winning margin
34,343
28.2% of votes
Total candidates
10

Sitamarhi is a safe seat — Suneel Kumar alias Pintu won by 28.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Suneel Kumar alias Pintu
73,68760.5%
2
Sahid Ali Khan
39,34432.3%
3
Lal Bahadur Pd.Yadav
IND
3,2382.7%
4
Md. Kurban
IND
1,5711.3%
5
Avulaish Akhtar
IND
1,0510.9%
6
Dr. Indal Singh Naveen
IND
9850.8%
7
Ram Dayal Ram
IND
5020.4%
8
Rakesh Kumar
IND
4700.4%
9
Ganesh Prasad
IND
4640.4%
10
Ahiraj Shailendra Bhushan
IND
3810.3%

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.

High turnout (7th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
28.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.4% · min 0.0% · max 21.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
80%
lowerhigher
7th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.45
fewer partiesmore parties
159th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
187th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
3 seats · 2 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.45EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 60.5%RJD 32.3%OTH 7.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,71,029
Density
1005 / km²
Sex ratio
919 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,057 km²
SC population8.6%
ST population5.9%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
55%HINDU
Hindu 54.9%Muslim 44.5%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.3%
Electricity9.9%
Sanitation17.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births66.9%
Children fully vaccinated73.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.9%
Children underweight (under 5)48.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER68.4%
Women literate49.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Clean cooking fuel16.9%
Health insurance8.4%

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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