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Winner — 2020

Sudama Prasad S/o Ganga Dayal Sah
CPI(ML)(L)· Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)
CPI(ML)(L) 43.5%IND 37.0%10 others 19.4%
Votes
73,945
43.5% share
Winning margin
11,015
6.5% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
55.6%
of 3,05,326

A clear win with a 6.5% margin.

Seat history

5 of 11 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.48 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Sudama Prasad S/o Ganga Dayal Sah
CPI(ML)(L)
Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)
73,94543.5%
2
Narendra Kumar Pandey @ Sunil Pandey
IND
62,93037.0%
3
Kaushal Kumar Vidyarthi
NDA
13,8338.1%
4
Anil Kumar
JTVP
6,1773.6%
NOTA
NOTA
2,5501.5%
6
Santosh Singh Chandrawanshi
2,2781.3%
7
Kumari Sanchana
IND
2,1961.3%
8
Sudama Prasad S/o Ramji Seth
IND
1,5910.9%
9
Dinesh Mouar
VPI
1,2840.8%
10
Suryajeet Kumar Singh
1,1710.7%
11
Sanjay Rai
JAPL
1,1360.7%
12
Prakash Kumar
SSD
7660.5%

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

Average turnout (172nd), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
6.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.8% · min 0.2% · max 29.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
172nd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.28
fewer partiesmore parties
224th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.1%
lowerhigher
82nd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.28EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI(ML)(L) 43.5%IND 37.0%BJP 8.1%OTH 9.8%NOTA 1.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
5/11

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.48 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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