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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 1 · 2025
Valmiki Nagar
Winner — 2025
SURENDRA PRASAD
INC· Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)
INC 46.1%JD(U) 45.4%6 others 8.5%
Votes
1,07,730
46.1% share
Winning margin
1,675
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
70.5%
of 3,31,447
Valmiki Nagar was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 1,675 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
2 of 7 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.18 Cr — cases registered, not convictions
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SURENDRA PRASAD | Mahagathbandhan (Bihar) | 1,07,730 | 46.1% |
| 2 | DHIRENDRA PRATAP SINGH ALIAS RINKU SINGH | 1,06,055 | 45.4% | |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 6,400 | 2.7% |
| 4 | RAMESHWAR YADAV | 5,312 | 2.3% | |
| 5 | MAHMAD JALIL | IND | 2,426 | 1.0% |
| 6 | RAJESH SHARMA | LSMP | 2,303 | 1.0% |
| 7 | SURENDRA RAM | IND | 1,852 | 0.8% |
| 8 | AZHARUDDIN ANSARI | IND | 1,554 | 0.7% |
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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 (77th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean0.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.5% · min 0.4% · max 51.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
71%
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77th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
188th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.7%
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27th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.1%JD(U) 45.4%OTH 5.8%NOTA 2.7%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
2/7
declare criminal cases
median assets ₹0.18 Cr
A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,35,042
Density
753 / km²
Sex ratio
909 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,228 km²
SC population14.1%
ST population6.3%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.4%Muslim 22.0%Other 0.6%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.8%
Electricity8.1%
Sanitation15.9%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.5%
Children fully vaccinated62.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.5%
Children underweight (under 5)30.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.6%
Women literate52.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.1%
Clean cooking fuel31.4%
Health insurance20.0%
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.