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Winner — 2020

Sanjay Kumar Singh
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 36.9%INC 23.2%24 others 39.9%
Votes
70,750
36.9% share
Winning margin
26,299
13.7% of votes
Total candidates
25
Turnout
57.6%
of 3,32,710

A clear win with a 13.7% margin.

Seat history

15 of 25 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹2.03 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

26 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Sanjay Kumar Singh
NDA (NDA)
70,75036.9%
2
Rakesh Kumar
44,45123.2%
3
Vijay Kumar Shukla
IND
27,46014.3%
4
Raj Kumar Sah
Lok Janshakti Party
11,2815.9%
5
Gauri Shankar Pandey
IND
5,7843.0%
6
Rakesh Paswan
IND
5,1192.7%
7
Rajan Kumar
IND
2,5891.4%
8
Akhilesh Kumar
IND
2,5711.3%
9
Dinesh Kumar Kushawha
2,2751.2%
10
Shailendra Kumar Kaushik
IND
1,8911.0%
11
Kedar Kumar
IND
1,8070.9%
12
Manju Singh
IND
1,7740.9%
13
Ram Pukar Paswan
APoI
1,5770.8%
14
Sanjay Kumar
IND
1,5730.8%
15
Kumari Sneha
RJBP
1,4750.8%
NOTA
NOTA
1,2830.7%
17
Azam Hussain
SatBP
1,2780.7%
18
Rajeev Kumar Choudhary
IND
1,1790.6%
19
Mithilesh Kumar
IND
9970.5%
20
Anand Verma
8710.5%
21
Dilip Thakur
JAPL
7630.4%
22
Mahesh Kr. Pandit
IND
7570.4%
23
Purushottam Kumar Singh
IND
6900.4%
24
Manoj Kumar
IND
6190.3%
25
Rajendra Sharma
5170.3%
26
Mithilesh Kumar Singh Sathi
SAAFP
4840.3%

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

Average turnout (90th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
13.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.4% · min 0.7% · max 29.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
90th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.27
fewer partiesmore parties
225th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
221st of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.27EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 36.9%INC 23.2%IND 14.3%LJP 5.9%OTH 19.1%NOTA 0.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
15/25

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹2.03 Cr

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?

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