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Winner — 2020

Amrendra Pratap singh
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 45.1%CPI(ML)(L) 43.2%14 others 11.8%
Votes
71,781
45.0% share
Winning margin
3,002
1.9% of votes
Total candidates
15
Turnout
48.4%
of 3,29,572

Arrah was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.9% — fewer than 3,002 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

8 of 15 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.94 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

16 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Amrendra Pratap singh
NDA (NDA)
71,78145.0%
2
Quyamuddin Ansari
CPI(ML)(L)
68,77943.2%
3
Hakim Prasad
IND
4,3602.7%
4
Sheodas Singh
IND
2,9911.9%
NOTA
NOTA
2,8111.8%
6
Brajesh Kumar Singh
JAPL
1,2210.8%
7
Praveen Kumar Singh
1,1600.7%
8
Gorakh Ram
VPI
1,1250.7%
9
Dilip Kumar Singh
RSTJLKPS
1,0030.6%
10
Anil Kumar Singh
JP
7160.5%
11
Shabana
IND
6980.4%
12
Kajal Kumari
AKHDBRYVP
6310.4%
13
Chandra Bhanu Gupta
IND
6310.4%
14
Sanjay Shekhar Shukla
IND
6090.4%
15
Shobhnath Yadav
IND
4570.3%
16
Kumar Ashutosh
IND
3590.2%

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

Low turnout (238th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.0% · min 0.3% · max 80.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
56%
lowerhigher
238th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.36
fewer partiesmore parties
197th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.2%
lowerhigher
63rd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 45.0%CPI(ML)(L) 43.2%OTH 10.1%NOTA 1.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
8/15

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.94 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
27,28,407
Density
1139 / km²
Sex ratio
908 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,395 km²
SC population15.6%
ST population0.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 92.3%Muslim 7.3%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.7%
Electricity15.0%
Sanitation27.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.9%
Children fully vaccinated61.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.7%
Children underweight (under 5)44.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.6%
Women literate64.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.2%
Clean cooking fuel42.9%
Health insurance9.6%

What's nearby?

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