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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 29 · 2005 (Feb)

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Winner — 2005 (Feb)

AWADH BIHARI CHAUDHARY
RJD· RJD
RJD 45.6%BJP 30.8%6 others 23.6%
Votes
39,666
45.6% share
Winning margin
12,912
14.8% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
42.2%
of 2,05,998

A clear win with a 14.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AWADH BIHARI CHAUDHARY
RJD
RJD
39,66645.6%
2
VYASDEO PRASAD
BJP
NDA
26,75430.8%
3
ASGAR ALI
LJP
12,46214.3%
4
RAJU KUMAR
BSP
BSP
2,5112.9%
5
SHANKAR MANJHI
IND
2,3702.7%
6
BABU LAL RAM
IND
1,2671.5%
7
NAIMUDDIN ANSARI
CPI(ML)(L)
1,1401.3%
8
ASHFAQUE AHMED
IND
7900.9%

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 (134th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
14.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.4% · min 1.8% · max 65.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
134th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.60
fewer partiesmore parties
105th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.2%
lowerhigher
64th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.60EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RJD 45.6%BJP 30.8%LJP 14.3%OTH 9.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,23,574
Density
1492 / km²
Sex ratio
899 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,294 km²
SC population11.8%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
78%HINDU
Hindu 78.1%Muslim 21.6%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.5%
Electricity9.0%
Sanitation20.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births64.4%
Children fully vaccinated66.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.2%
Children underweight (under 5)40.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.7%
Women literate51.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.8%
Clean cooking fuel40.5%
Health insurance20.7%

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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