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Jharkhand · Assembly Constituency 1 · 2014

Rajmahal

Winner — 2014

ANANT KUMAR OJHA
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 39.7%JMM 39.4%11 others 20.9%
Votes
77,481
39.7% share
Winning margin
702
0.4% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
72.3%
of 2,69,959

Rajmahal was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.4% — fewer than 702 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

3 of 12 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.21 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ANANT KUMAR OJHA
NDA (NDA)
77,48139.7%
2
MD. TAJUDDIN
UPA
76,77939.4%
3
BAJRANGI PRASAD YADAV
IND
18,8669.7%
4
MD. RAFIKUL ALAM
5,4782.8%
5
ARUN MANDAL
UPA
5,1752.6%
NOTA
NOTA
2,2681.2%
7
SUNIL KUMAR SINHA
JD(U)
2,1251.1%
8
KRISHNA MAHTO
JVM
1,6170.8%
9
BINOD KUMAR YADAV
IND
1,6080.8%
10
SHANKAR MANDAL
1,5650.8%
11
SAIYAD ARSHAD NASAR
Samajwadi Party
9000.5%
12
SATANAND MANDAL
BMUP
6670.3%
13
ARJUN KUMAR KARMKAR
UPA
5760.3%

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

Average turnout (19th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
0.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 7.7% · min 0.4% · max 16.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
19th of 81

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.33
fewer partiesmore parties
62nd of 81

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
42nd of 81

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
81 seats · 41 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.33EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 39.7%JMM 39.4%IND 9.7%OTH 10.1%NOTA 1.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
3/12

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.21 Cr

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
11,50,567
Density
558 / km²
Sex ratio
952 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,063 km²
SC population6.3%
ST population26.8%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
55%HINDU
Hindu 54.6%Muslim 34.6%Christian 7.2%Other 3.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.5%
Electricity15.5%
Sanitation15.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births73.2%
Children fully vaccinated73.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.6%
Children underweight (under 5)46.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.8%
Women literate56.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.6%
Clean cooking fuel24.4%
Health insurance49.0%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jute
🏛️

Baradari building with probable underground cell

🏛️MonumentASI

Baradari building with probable underground cell

🏛️

Jami Masjid

🏛️MonumentASI

Jami Masjid

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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