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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 168 · 2005 (Feb)

Jamalpur

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Winner — 2005 (Feb)

SHAILESH KUMAR
JD(U)· NDA (NDA)
JD(U) 49.1%RJD 25.9%11 others 25.0%
Votes
45,536
49.1% share
Winning margin
21,550
23.3% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
44.3%
of 2,09,145

Jamalpur is a safe seat — SHAILESH KUMAR won by 23.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHAILESH KUMAR
JD(U)
NDA (NDA)
45,53649.1%
2
UPENDRA PD. VERMA
RJD
23,98625.9%
3
SADHANA DEVI
LJP
11,16612.0%
4
MANOJ KUMAR TANTI
IND
2,3422.5%
5
OM PRAKASH PASWAN
IND
1,8832.0%
6
RANJIT KUMAR CHOUDHARY
IND
1,6491.8%
7
SHIVDANI SINGH
SAP
1,5751.7%
8
RANVIR SAHNI
BSP
BSP
1,2531.4%
9
RANJIT KUMAR
AD
7130.8%
10
NAVIN KUMAR
IND
6880.7%
11
MANOJ PASWAN
IND
6820.7%
12
YOGESH NANDAN MANDAL
IND
6670.7%
13
ANUP PASWAN
IND
5410.6%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (185th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
23.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.1% · min 0.6% · max 45.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
185th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.51
fewer partiesmore parties
139th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.3%
lowerhigher
58th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD(U) 49.1%RJD 25.9%LJP 12.0%OTH 12.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
10,00,912
Density
815 / km²
Sex ratio
902 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,228 km²
SC population15.3%
ST population0.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%HINDU
Hindu 95.5%Other 4.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.8%
Electricity27.1%
Sanitation31.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births75.8%
Children fully vaccinated68.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.7%
Children underweight (under 5)45.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER72.6%
Women literate57.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.1%
Clean cooking fuel42.6%
Health insurance15.1%

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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