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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 172 · 2020

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Winner — 2020

Dr. Sunil Kumar Father's Name :-Bhagwat Prasad
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 44.6%RJD 36.3%22 others 19.1%
Votes
81,888
44.5% share
Winning margin
15,102
8.2% of votes
Total candidates
23
Turnout
48.5%
of 3,78,887

A clear win with a 8.2% margin.

Seat history

8 of 23 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.33 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

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All Candidates

24 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Dr. Sunil Kumar Father's Name :-Bhagwat Prasad
BJP
NDA (NDA)
81,88844.5%
2
Sunil Kumar Father’s Name :- Shyamnandan Prasad
RJD
66,78636.3%
3
Afreen Sultana
IND
13,4437.3%
4
Shamim Akhtar
SDPI
2,6261.4%
5
Ritu Kumar Alias Bhosu Bhai Yadav
IND
2,4501.3%
6
Sudhanshu Kumar
JD(S)
1,9371.1%
7
Md. Safir Alam
RSSCMJP
1,8201.0%
8
Shashikant Kumar Alias Banti Raj
BSP
BSP
1,5060.8%
9
Anil Kumar
IND
1,4320.8%
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NOTA
NOTA
1,1520.6%
11
Manoj Prasad
IND
1,1480.6%
12
Md. Akhtar
LJD
1,0500.6%
13
Mithilesh Paswan
IND
1,0050.6%
14
Rajkumar
NCP
9900.5%
15
Adarsh Patel
JTVP
8330.5%
16
Umesh Paswan
IND
5700.3%
17
Sachin Kumar
IND
5580.3%
18
Sunil Paswan
IND
5230.3%
19
Ravi Ranjan Kumar
JP
4750.3%
20
Prabhat Kumar Nirala
SaBP
4360.2%
21
Ashok Kumar
RJSPS
3060.2%
22
Kaushal Kumar Kaushlendra Sinha Alias Bharat Manas
IND
3010.2%
23
Anish Kumar
SSD
2990.2%
24
Irshad Ahmad
AIMF
2590.1%

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

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Low turnout (240th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
8.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.2% · min 0.1% · max 49.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
55%
lowerhigher
240th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.50
fewer partiesmore parties
143rd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.6%
lowerhigher
136th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.50EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 44.5%RJD 36.3%IND 7.3%OTH 11.2%NOTA 0.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
8/23

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.33 Cr

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
28,77,653
Density
1222 / km²
Sex ratio
922 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,355 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 92.8%Muslim 6.9%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.9%
Electricity20.8%
Sanitation30.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.3%
Children fully vaccinated75.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.6%
Children underweight (under 5)46.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.0%
Women literate56.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.0%
Clean cooking fuel41.0%
Health insurance12.8%

What's nearby?

1 location
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Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bawan Booti🏷️Silao KhajaGI
Tomb of Malik Ibrahim Bayu

Tomb of Malik Ibrahim Bayu

🏛️MonumentASI

Tomb of Malik Ibrahim Bayu

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