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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 199 · 2020

Barhampur

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Winner — 2020

SHAMBHU NATH YADAV
RJD· Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)
RJD 48.6%LJP 21.1%13 others 30.3%
Votes
90,176
48.6% share
Winning margin
51,141
27.6% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
54.4%
of 3,40,864

Barhampur is a safe seat — SHAMBHU NATH YADAV won by 27.6%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

15 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHAMBHU NATH YADAV
RJD
Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)
90,17648.6%
2
HULAS PANDEY
LJP
Lok Janshakti Party
39,03521.1%
3
JAIRAJ CHAUDHARY
VSIP
30,48216.4%
4
JATA DHARI @ JATA DHARI PASWAN
BSP
BSP
5,4843.0%
5
BHARAT SHARMA @ BHARAT SHARMA VYAS
IND
3,3791.8%
6
PARMA NAND YADAV
JAPL
3,1821.7%
7
MANISH BHUSHAN OJHA
IND
2,8631.5%
8
NILESH KUMAR RAHUL
IND
2,4971.4%
—
NOTA
NOTA
2,2931.2%
10
ANIL RAI @ BHAIYA JEE
RDU
1,8591.0%
11
RAMESH KUMAR
VCSMP
1,1970.7%
12
NIRANJAN KUMAR SINGH
IND
9250.5%
13
TEJ NARAYAN TIWARI
IND
8660.5%
14
KAMALKANT SINGH
JRJP
6930.4%
15
RANJAN KUMAR TIWARY
RWJS
4650.3%

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

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Low turnout (220th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
27.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.3% · min 1.6% · max 38.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
220th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.39
fewer partiesmore parties
187th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
198th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.39EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RJD 48.6%LJP 21.1%VSIP 16.4%OTH 12.6%NOTA 1.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,06,352
Density
1002 / km²
Sex ratio
922 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,703 km²
SC population14.8%
ST population1.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 93.3%Muslim 6.2%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.1%
Electricity17.8%
Sanitation24.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.5%
Children fully vaccinated75.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.6%
Children underweight (under 5)45.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.2%
Women literate68.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.8%
Clean cooking fuel44.7%
Health insurance11.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Hand Embroidery🏺Mentha🏺Sonachud Rice

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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