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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 85 · 2020
Bahadurpur
Winner — 2020
Madan Sahni
JD(U)· NDA (NDA)
JD(U) 38.5%RJD 37.0%14 others 24.5%
Votes
68,538
38.5% share
Winning margin
2,629
1.5% of votes
Total candidates
15
Turnout
59.3%
of 3,00,009
Bahadurpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.5% — fewer than 2,629 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
3 of 15 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.44 Cr — cases registered, not convictions
All Candidates
16 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madan Sahni | NDA (NDA) | 68,538 | 38.5% |
| 2 | Ramesh Choudhary | 65,909 | 37.0% | |
| 3 | Devendra Kumar Jha | Lok Janshakti Party | 16,873 | 9.5% |
| 4 | Binay Kumar Singh | IND | 4,938 | 2.8% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 3,873 | 2.2% |
| 6 | Baldeo Ram | IND | 3,570 | 2.0% |
| 7 | Vikram Singh | BHRTSBLP | 2,443 | 1.4% |
| 8 | Mahendra Sahani | IND | 2,288 | 1.3% |
| 9 | Ram Prabhanjan Choudhary | RJnJnP | 1,699 | 0.9% |
| 10 | Mohammad Salauddin | BSP | 1,577 | 0.9% |
| 11 | Rohit Kumar Paswan | ASPKR | 1,531 | 0.9% |
| 12 | Arun Thakur | LGJNPSCL | 1,302 | 0.7% |
| 13 | Krishna Kumar Das | RSTJNVKSP | 1,106 | 0.6% |
| 14 | Birendra Kumar Paswan | VBA | 1,041 | 0.6% |
| 15 | Priyanka Singh | TPLRSP | 811 | 0.5% |
| 16 | Manish Kumar | BGMP | 512 | 0.3% |
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DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
Average turnout (76th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe1.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.6% · min 0.6% · max 57.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
76th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.75
fewer partiesmore parties
76th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.9%
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217th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.75EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD(U) 38.5%RJD 37.0%LJP 9.5%OTH 12.8%NOTA 2.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
3/15
declare criminal cases
median assets ₹0.44 Cr
A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,37,385
Density
1728 / km²
Sex ratio
911 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,279 km²
SC population15.6%
ST population0.1%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.3%Muslim 22.4%Other 0.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.4%
Electricity15.8%
Sanitation25.1%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births69.9%
Children fully vaccinated66.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.4%
Children underweight (under 5)39.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.8%
Women literate49.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.1%
Clean cooking fuel41.6%
Health insurance25.3%
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.