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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 152 · 2020
Bihpur
Winner — 2020
Kumar Shailendra
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 48.5%RJD 44.5%7 others 7.0%
Votes
72,938
48.5% share
Winning margin
6,129
4.1% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
58.0%
of 2,58,884
A closely fought contest. Kumar Shailendra won with a 4.1% margin.
Seat history
3 of 8 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.54 Cr — cases registered, not convictions
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kumar Shailendra | NDA (NDA) | 72,938 | 48.5% |
| 2 | Shailesh Kumar | 66,809 | 44.5% | |
| 3 | Md. Haidar Ali | BSP | 3,553 | 2.4% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,716 | 1.8% |
| 5 | Md. Sanovar | IND | 1,364 | 0.9% |
| 6 | Gautam Kumar Pritam | SP(I) | 1,075 | 0.7% |
| 7 | Mahendra Singh Parchadhari | IND | 781 | 0.5% |
| 8 | Ajmeri Khatun | JAPL | 531 | 0.3% |
| 9 | Nidhi Bhushan | TPLRSP | 522 | 0.3% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
Average turnout (159th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean4.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.3% · min 0.4% · max 42.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
66%
lowerhigher
159th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.49
fewer partiesmore parties
146th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.9%
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108th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.49EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 48.5%RJD 44.5%OTH 5.2%NOTA 1.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
3/8
declare criminal cases
median assets ₹0.54 Cr
A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,37,766
Density
1182 / km²
Sex ratio
880 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,569 km²
SC population10.5%
ST population2.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 81.9%Muslim 17.7%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water8.2%
Electricity31.0%
Sanitation33.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births77.2%
Children fully vaccinated66.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.0%
Children underweight (under 5)40.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.0%
Women literate65.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.4%
Clean cooking fuel49.2%
Health insurance16.3%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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.