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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 76 · 2020

Simri Bakhtiarpur

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Winner — 2020

YUSUF SALAHUDDIN
RJD· Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)
RJD 38.5%VSIP 37.6%21 others 23.9%
Votes
75,684
38.5% share
Winning margin
1,759
0.9% of votes
Total candidates
22
Turnout
58.1%
of 3,38,615

Simri Bakhtiarpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.9% — fewer than 1,759 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

7 of 22 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.40 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

⚖ Compare 2015 vs 2020

All Candidates

23 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
YUSUF SALAHUDDIN
RJD
Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)
75,68438.5%
2
MUKESH SAHANI
VSIP
73,92537.6%
3
SANJAY KUMAR SINGH
LJP
Lok Janshakti Party
6,9623.5%
4
UMESH CHANDRA BHARTI
AMiP
5,2962.7%
5
KHAGESH KUMAR SAH
IND
4,7522.4%
6
ZAFAR ALAM
JAPL
4,0122.0%
7
RITESH RANJAN
IND
2,8401.4%
8
DOMI SHARMA
IND
2,6351.3%
9
SULENDRA DAS
IND
2,3611.2%
10
DHIRENDRA CHOUDHARY
AAM
2,2601.1%
11
RAJESH KUMAR
LPSP
2,1591.1%
12
PINTU SHARMA
LGJNPSCL
2,1371.1%
13
SUNDARAM
RPPRINAT
1,7040.9%
14
UPENDRA YADAV
IND
1,6690.8%
15
PARAS PASWAN
BMUP
1,5450.8%
—
NOTA
NOTA
1,4070.7%
17
HASHIM
SAMDAL
1,2440.6%
18
VINAY KUMAR MISHRA
NCP
9490.5%
19
UPENDRA SAHANI
RJBP
9120.5%
20
SONA KUMAR
BSP
BSP
7810.4%
21
TARUN KUMAR JHA
IND
5460.3%
22
BANDAN KUMAR SINGH
IND
4790.2%
23
YOGAVIR ROY
IND
4410.2%

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

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (100th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.4% · min 0.9% · max 40.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
100th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.43
fewer partiesmore parties
165th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.1%
lowerhigher
75th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.43EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RJD 38.5%VSIP 37.6%OTH 23.2%NOTA 0.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
7/22

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.40 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
19,00,661
Density
1127 / km²
Sex ratio
906 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,687 km²
SC population16.7%
ST population0.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.7%Muslim 14.0%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.8%
Electricity11.2%
Sanitation16.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births70.4%
Children fully vaccinated72.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.8%
Children underweight (under 5)42.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate43.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.0%
Clean cooking fuel25.2%
Health insurance12.8%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Makhana (Foxnut)
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Mandan Bharti Dham

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