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Winner — 2020

Amarjeet Kushwaha
CPI(ML)(L)· Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)
CPI(ML)(L) 48.1%JD(U) 30.4%11 others 21.5%
Votes
69,442
48.1% share
Winning margin
25,510
17.7% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
52.0%
of 2,77,386

Ziradei is a safe seat — Amarjeet Kushwaha won by 17.7%.

Seat history

4 of 12 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.15 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Amarjeet Kushwaha
CPI(ML)(L)
Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)
69,44248.1%
2
Kamala Singh
NDA
43,93230.4%
3
Binod Tiwari
Lok Janshakti Party
7,1555.0%
4
Ugam Pathak
IND
4,9433.4%
5
Shri Niwas Yadav
IND
4,8163.3%
NOTA
NOTA
4,7393.3%
7
Kumar Santosh
IND
2,4991.7%
8
Mahatma Singh
JP
1,7381.2%
9
Rakesh Kumar Pandey
IND
1,3470.9%
10
Achchhelal Kumar God
SWSP
1,0320.7%
11
Rahul Dravid
BSP
1,0160.7%
12
Dhanu Prasad
IND
8910.6%
13
Markandey Kumar Upadhyay Alias Bullet Baba
TPLRSP
7950.6%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Low turnout (235th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
17.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.8% · min 1.1% · max 42.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
57%
lowerhigher
235th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.90
fewer partiesmore parties
54th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
3.0%
lowerhigher
19th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.90EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI(ML)(L) 48.1%JD(U) 30.4%OTH 18.2%NOTA 3.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
4/12

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.15 Cr

A 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?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mentha
Ancestral house of Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first president of india

Ancestral house of Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first president of india

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancestral house of Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first president of india

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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