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Winner — 2003 by-elections

Uma Kant Yadav
RJD 44.4%SAP 40.6%6 others 15.0%
Votes
42,631
44.4% share
Winning margin
3,647
3.8% of votes
Total candidates
8

A closely fought contest. Uma Kant Yadav won with a 3.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Uma Kant Yadav
42,63144.4%
2
Brahm Deo Narain Singh
38,98440.6%
3
Narayan Mishra
6,9287.2%
4
Dr. Kirtan Prasad Singh
1,8942.0%
5
Birendra Prasad
IND
1,8211.9%
6
Yogendra Prasad Yadav
IND
1,7171.8%
7
Dinesh Prasad Yadav
IND
1,3091.4%
8
Laxman Ram
IND
7720.8%

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 (78th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
3.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.4% · min 0.9% · max 28.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
78th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.43
fewer partiesmore parties
166th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
3.3%
lowerhigher
16th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
3 seats · 2 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.43EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RJD 44.4%SAP 40.6%NCP 7.2%OTH 7.8%

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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