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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 16 · 2020Reserved (SC)
Kalyanpur
Winner — 2020
Manoj Kumar Yadav
RJD· Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)
RJD 45.4%BJP 44.6%8 others 10.0%
Votes
72,819
45.4% share
Winning margin
1,193
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
62.5%
of 2,56,790
Kalyanpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 1,193 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
3 of 9 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.88 Cr — cases registered, not convictions
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manoj Kumar Yadav | Mahagathbandhan (Bihar) | 72,819 | 45.4% |
| 2 | Sachindra Prasad Singh | NDA | 71,626 | 44.6% |
| 3 | Mohammad Badiuzzaman | BSP | 6,367 | 4.0% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,887 | 1.8% |
| 5 | Mala Thakur | JDR | 2,006 | 1.3% |
| 6 | Rituraj Pandey | IND | 1,797 | 1.1% |
| 7 | Rajesh Kumar Singh | IND | 1,623 | 1.0% |
| 8 | Muneshwar Tiwari | IND | 524 | 0.3% |
| 9 | Satyam Yadav | JAPL | 478 | 0.3% |
| 10 | Subodh Kumar Thakur | BVDU | 430 | 0.3% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
High turnout (49th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe0.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.2% · min 0.7% · max 36.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
49th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.59
fewer partiesmore parties
108th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
121st of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.59EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RJD 45.4%BJP 44.6%OTH 8.3%NOTA 1.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
3/9
declare criminal cases
median assets ₹0.88 Cr
A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
50,99,371
Density
1285 / km²
Sex ratio
902 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,968 km²
SC population12.7%
ST population0.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
80%HINDU
Hindu 80.1%Muslim 19.4%Other 0.5%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.0%
Electricity7.6%
Sanitation18.2%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births61.5%
Children fully vaccinated68.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Children underweight (under 5)37.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.3%
Women literate50.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.2%
Clean cooking fuel44.2%
Health insurance19.4%
What's nearby?
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