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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 105 · 2009 by-elections
Begusarai
Winner — 2009 by-elections
Srikrishna Prasad Singh
BJP 30.4%LJSP 19.9%9 others 49.7%
Votes
26,907
30.4% share
Winning margin
9,259
10.5% of votes
Total candidates
11
A clear win with a 10.5% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
11 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Srikrishna Prasad Singh | 26,907 | 30.4% | |
| 2 | Sudarshan Singh | LJSP | 17,648 | 19.9% |
| 3 | Veena Devi | 14,401 | 16.3% | |
| 4 | Rajendra Prasad Singh | 12,219 | 13.8% | |
| 5 | Surendra Kumar Sahni | IND | 6,153 | 7.0% |
| 6 | Radhakrishna Pd. Sinha | IND | 3,132 | 3.5% |
| 7 | Dilip Kumar | IND | 2,280 | 2.6% |
| 8 | Anil Kumar Singh | 2,012 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Kusheshwar Poddar | BJJD | 1,587 | 1.8% |
| 10 | Ramdayal Bharti | 1,259 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | Munni Devi | 942 | 1.1% |
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.
Low turnout (219th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean10.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.3% · min 1.2% · max 38.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
60%
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219th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.35
fewer partiesmore parties
203rd of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.4%
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161st of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
18 seats · 10 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.35EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 30.4%LJSP 19.9%INC 16.3%CPM 13.8%IND 7.0%OTH 12.7%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
33,30,464
Density
1501 / km²
Sex ratio
988 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,219 km²
SC population11.6%
ST population2.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.5%Muslim 18.3%Other 0.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.5%
Electricity9.7%
Sanitation22.9%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.4%
Children fully vaccinated76.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)30.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.1%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.3%
Clean cooking fuel48.0%
Health insurance8.2%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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