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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 123 · 2014 by-elections

Hajipur

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Winner — 2014 by-elections

Awadhesh Singh
BJP
BJP 38.8%JD(U) 34.3%13 others 26.9%
Votes
52,528
38.8% share
Winning margin
6,127
4.5% of votes
Total candidates
15

A closely fought contest. Awadhesh Singh won with a 4.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

15 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Awadhesh Singh
BJP
52,52838.8%
2
Rajinder Roy
JD(U)
46,40134.3%
3
Deo Kumar Chaurasia
IND
21,01015.5%
4
Sunil Ray
IND
2,4831.8%
5
Nishant Gandhi
IND
2,0441.5%
6
Pradeep Ray
CPI(ML)
1,8311.4%
7
Sunil Kumar Sharma
IND
1,7751.3%
8
Chaturbhuwan Prasad
SKLP
1,2340.9%
9
Dharmveer Ray
IND
1,2080.9%
10
Poonam Devi
IND
1,0820.8%
11
Shiv Ranjan kumar
IND
1,0520.8%
12
Naresh Kumar Paswan
IND
7840.6%
13
Ratnesh Kumar
IND
7470.6%
14
Manok Kumar Gupta
RPP
6670.5%
15
Kishor Kumar
IND
5350.4%

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 (137th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
4.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.3% · min 0.9% · max 50.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
137th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.32
fewer partiesmore parties
211th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
206th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
15 seats · 8 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 38.8%JD(U) 34.3%IND 15.5%OTH 11.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,95,021
Density
1717 / km²
Sex ratio
895 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,036 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.2%Muslim 9.6%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.9%
Electricity11.1%
Sanitation27.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births81.6%
Children fully vaccinated71.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.3%
Children underweight (under 5)38.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.1%
Women literate62.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.9%
Clean cooking fuel40.9%
Health insurance13.5%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Banana🏺Honey🏺Sujni Embroidery
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Jami mosque(Juma mosque)

🏛️MonumentASI

Jami mosque(Juma mosque)

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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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