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Winner — 2009 by-elections

Dileshwar Kamait
JD(U) 43.4%LJP 31.5%7 others 25.2%
Votes
41,523
43.4% share
Winning margin
11,419
11.9% of votes
Total candidates
9

A clear win with a 11.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Dileshwar Kamait
41,52343.4%
2
Dinbandhu Yadav
30,10431.4%
3
Umesh Kumar Yadav
14,15514.8%
4
Gyan Shankar Chaudhary
BJJD
3,1373.3%
5
Suresh Kumar Azad
IND
2,1252.2%
6
Rajesh Kumar Singh Raju
1,3891.4%
7
Shatrughan Prasad Yadav
1,1931.3%
8
Durga Sardar
CPI(ML)(L)
1,0851.1%
9
Chandresh Kumar
1,0051.1%

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 (224th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
11.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.9% · min 0.6% · max 37.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
59%
lowerhigher
224th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.67
fewer partiesmore parties
88th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
3.6%
lowerhigher
8th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
18 seats · 10 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.67EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD(U) 43.4%LJP 31.4%INC 14.8%OTH 10.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,51,862
Density
1496 / km²
Sex ratio
954 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,641 km²
SC population12.0%
ST population0.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.5%Muslim 10.3%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.3%
Electricity14.8%
Sanitation21.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births73.0%
Children fully vaccinated72.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.7%
Children underweight (under 5)45.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER62.8%
Women literate65.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.2%
Clean cooking fuel36.8%
Health insurance9.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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