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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 159 · 2020
Amarpur
Winner — 2020
Jayant Raj
JD(U)· NDA (NDA)
JD(U) 33.1%INC 31.2%11 others 35.6%
Votes
54,308
33.1% share
Winning margin
3,114
1.9% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
55.5%
of 2,95,587
Amarpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.9% — fewer than 3,114 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
5 of 12 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹1.03 Cr — cases registered, not convictions
All Candidates
13 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jayant Raj | NDA (NDA) | 54,308 | 33.1% |
| 2 | Jitendra Singh | 51,194 | 31.2% | |
| 3 | Mrinal Shekhar | Lok Janshakti Party | 40,308 | 24.6% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 3,534 | 2.2% |
| 5 | Pravin Kumar Jha | IND | 2,125 | 1.3% |
| 6 | Anil Kumar Singh | 2,096 | 1.3% | |
| 7 | Krishana Mohan Thakur | IND | 2,089 | 1.3% |
| 8 | Bipin Kishor Ray | IND | 1,923 | 1.2% |
| 9 | Ashok Kumar | RTORP | 1,720 | 1.1% |
| 10 | Pradip Kumar Ranjan | BPL | 1,391 | 0.8% |
| 11 | AJAY KUMAR SINGH | IND | 1,331 | 0.8% |
| 12 | Pushkar Kumar | BHRTSBLP | 1,049 | 0.6% |
| 13 | Anjani Kumar | IND | 865 | 0.5% |
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DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
Average turnout (163rd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean1.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.1% · min 1.9% · max 26.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
65%
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163rd of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
193rd of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
3.1%
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18th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD(U) 33.1%INC 31.2%LJP 24.6%OTH 8.9%NOTA 2.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
5/12
declare criminal cases
median assets ₹1.03 Cr
A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
20,34,763
Density
674 / km²
Sex ratio
907 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,020 km²
SC population12.2%
ST population4.4%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 87.1%Muslim 12.3%Other 0.6%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.0%
Electricity16.4%
Sanitation12.3%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.8%
Children fully vaccinated88.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.7%
Children underweight (under 5)45.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.9%
Women literate55.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Clean cooking fuel32.3%
Health insurance13.6%
What's nearby?
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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.