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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 194 · 2020
Arrah
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| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amrendra Pratap singh | NDA (NDA) | 71,781 | 45.0% |
| 2 | Quyamuddin Ansari | CPI(ML)(L) | 68,779 | 43.2% |
| 3 | Hakim Prasad | IND | 4,360 | 2.7% |
| 4 | Sheodas Singh | IND | 2,991 | 1.9% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,811 | 1.8% |
| 6 | Brajesh Kumar Singh | JAPL | 1,221 | 0.8% |
| 7 | Praveen Kumar Singh | 1,160 | 0.7% | |
| 8 | Gorakh Ram | VPI | 1,125 | 0.7% |
| 9 | Dilip Kumar Singh | RSTJLKPS | 1,003 | 0.6% |
| 10 | Anil Kumar Singh | JP | 716 | 0.5% |
| 11 | Shabana | IND | 698 | 0.4% |
| 12 | Kajal Kumari | AKHDBRYVP | 631 | 0.4% |
| 13 | Chandra Bhanu Gupta | IND | 631 | 0.4% |
| 14 | Sanjay Shekhar Shukla | IND | 609 | 0.4% |
| 15 | Shobhnath Yadav | IND | 457 | 0.3% |
| 16 | Kumar Ashutosh | IND | 359 | 0.2% |
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
lean1.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.0% · min 0.3% · max 80.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
56%
lowerhigher
238th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.36
fewer partiesmore parties
197th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.2%
lowerhigher
63rd of 243Where 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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