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Winner — 2020

Vinay Kumar
RJD· Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)
RJD 39.5%BJP 35.9%22 others 24.6%
Votes
70,761
39.5% share
Winning margin
6,599
3.7% of votes
Total candidates
23
Turnout
62.5%
of 2,86,233

A closely fought contest. Vinay Kumar won with a 3.7% margin.

Seat history

10 of 23 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.42 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

24 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Vinay Kumar
Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)
70,76139.5%
2
Rajiv Nandan
NDA
64,16235.9%
3
Raghvendra Narayan Yadav
BSP
15,2358.5%
4
Sudhir Kumar Verma
JAPL
7,4444.2%
5
Yugesh Paswan
RSPS
2,3361.3%
6
Arvind Kumar Srivastwa
IND
1,9051.1%
7
Ramashray Ravidas
AHFBK
1,7951.0%
8
Binay Kumar
IND
1,6660.9%
9
Dilip Kumar Singh
IND
1,5360.9%
10
Ramadhar Singh
1,4380.8%
11
Md. Azaj
BHULKD
1,3060.7%
12
Ajay Kumar
pms
1,1010.6%
13
Uday Kumar Verma
IND
1,0570.6%
14
Raja Ram Azad
BRTYLKNYKP
9910.6%
NOTA
NOTA
9580.5%
16
Mithilesh Kumar Sharma
8730.5%
17
Ranjan Kumar Barnwal
IND
8020.5%
18
Krishan Deo Singh
IND
6850.4%
19
Bhim Prasad
RSTJLKPS
6280.3%
20
Dinanath Prasad
AJPR
6140.3%
21
Arvind Kumar
PPID
4920.3%
22
Brajesh Pandey
RSWD
4010.2%
23
Vinod Paswan
IND
3990.2%
24
Ashok Kumar Singh
BHRTLKCHTP
3330.2%

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

Average turnout (68th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
3.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.5% · min 3.7% · max 42.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
68th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.62
fewer partiesmore parties
102nd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.9%
lowerhigher
97th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.62EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RJD 39.5%BJP 35.9%BSP 8.5%OTH 15.5%NOTA 0.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
10/23

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.42 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
43,91,418
Density
883 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,976 km²
SC population30.4%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 88.3%Muslim 11.1%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.3%
Electricity16.3%
Sanitation24.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births76.6%
Children fully vaccinated85.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.4%
Children underweight (under 5)43.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.3%
Women literate59.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.8%
Clean cooking fuel34.7%
Health insurance9.7%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Handloom/Garments🏺Stone Art🏺Tilkut
🏛️

Ancient Buddhistic images and other images and sculptures colected underneath a shed

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient Buddhistic images and other images and sculptures colected underneath a shed

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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