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Winner — 2020

AJAY YADAV
RJD· Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)
RJD 36.6%JD(U) 31.9%10 others 31.5%
Votes
62,658
36.5% share
Winning margin
7,931
4.6% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
55.2%
of 3,10,443

A closely fought contest. AJAY YADAV won with a 4.6% margin.

Seat history

6 of 11 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹1.51 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AJAY YADAV
Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)
62,65836.5%
2
MANORMA DEVI
NDA
54,72731.9%
3
ARVIND KUMAR SINGH
Lok Janshakti Party
25,87315.1%
4
AJAY KUMAR SINHA
9,4425.5%
NOTA
NOTA
4,5612.7%
6
SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE
IND
3,0361.8%
7
MANOJ YADAV
IND
2,6511.6%
8
RAM LAKHAN YADAV
IND
2,3071.4%
9
CHANDRIKA PRASAD
IND
1,8931.1%
10
SHASHI KUMAR
pms
1,8281.1%
11
GAURAV KUMAR SINHA
IND
1,2220.7%
12
KUMARI VEENA
IND
1,2200.7%

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

Average turnout (174th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
4.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.5% · min 2.8% · max 39.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
174th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.40
fewer partiesmore parties
181st of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
118th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.40EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RJD 36.5%JD(U) 31.9%LJP 15.1%RLSP 5.5%OTH 8.3%NOTA 2.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
6/11

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹1.51 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?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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