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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 185 · 2005 (Feb)

Bakhtiarpur

Winner — 2005 (Feb)

ANIRUDH KUMAR
RJD· RJD
RJD 38.0%BJP 32.2%12 others 29.8%
Votes
33,828
38.0% share
Winning margin
5,144
5.8% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
41.1%
of 2,16,548

A clear win with a 5.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ANIRUDH KUMAR
RJD
33,82838.0%
2
BINOD YADAV
NDA
28,68432.2%
3
RAJAN KUMAR YADAV
10,39611.7%
4
VIJENDRA SINGH
BSP
3,3363.7%
5
BRIJNANDAN YADAV
IND
2,8143.2%
6
AJAY KUMAR
2,7583.1%
7
PINTU SINGH
IND
2,0652.3%
8
SAROJBALA DEVI
IND
1,8872.1%
9
YOGENDRA SINGH
CPI(ML)(L)
9571.1%
10
DAYANAND PASWAN
IND
6570.7%
11
PRAMOD KUMAR NIRALA
IND
5830.7%
12
MAHESH PRASAD SINGH
LD
4730.5%
13
KESHARI KISHORE SINGH
IND
3360.4%
14
KUNAL SINGH
3250.4%

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 (103rd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
5.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.3% · min 0.5% · max 52.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
103rd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.59
fewer partiesmore parties
112th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
91st of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.59EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RJD 38.0%BJP 32.2%INC 11.7%OTH 18.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
58,38,465
Density
1823 / km²
Sex ratio
897 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,202 km²
SC population15.8%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.7%Muslim 7.5%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water24.2%
Electricity57.1%
Sanitation53.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated56.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.5%
Children underweight (under 5)39.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.1%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.6%
Clean cooking fuel64.6%
Health insurance10.2%

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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