Jharkhand · Assembly Constituency 1 · 2019

Rajmahal

2005 2009 2014 2019 2024

Winner — 2019

Anant Kumar Ojha

BJP· BJP (NDA)

BJP 42.3%AJSUP 36.4%22 others 21.4%

Votes

88,904

42.3% share

Winning margin

12,372

5.9% of votes

Total candidates

Turnout

69.7%

of 3,01,867

A clear win with a 5.9% margin.

Seat history

7 of 23 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.49 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

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All Candidates

24 total

#	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Flags
1	Anant Kumar Ojha	BJP BJP (NDA)	88,904	42.3%	Inc
2	Md. Tajuddin	AJSUP	76,532	36.4%
3	Ketabuddin Sekh	JMM	24,619	11.7%	DL
4	Pradip Kumar Singh	BSP	3,826	1.8%	DL
5	Gopal Chandra Mandal	IND	2,617	1.2%	DL
6	Nitya Nand Gupta	IND	2,614	1.2%	DL
7	Rajkishor Yadav	IND	1,421	0.7%	DL
8	Pranjit Kumar	IND	1,348	0.6%	DL
9	Ravindra Prasad Sah	IND	901	0.4%	DL
10	NASIMA KHANAM	AIMIM	862	0.4%	DL
—	NOTA	NOTA	821	0.4%
12	Nand Lal Sah	IND	809	0.4%	DL
13	Col. Bhagwan Yadav	RPPRINAT	599	0.3%	DL
14	Rajkumar Yadav	JVM	594	0.3%	DL
15	Ajay Kuamr Das	IND	577	0.3%	DL
16	Sheo Prasad Thakur	IND	554	0.3%	DL
17	Ramsagar Singh	RJBP	552	0.3%	DL
18	Sanjay Kumar Mandal(Bachu)	LJP NDA	520	0.3%	DL
19	Rameshwar Mandal	PPID	407	0.2%	DL
20	Sanjay Kr. Pandey	SHS	334	0.2%	DL
21	Binod Kumar Yadav	IND	306	0.1%	DL
22	Saddam Hussain Advocate	IND	262	0.1%	DL
23	Rajesh Mandal	IND	220	0.1%	DL
24	Md Nawab Sheakh	RKSP	195	0.1%	DL

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

The Record The Place The State

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

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT

marginal

5.9%

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 42.3%AJSUP 36.4%JMM 11.7%OTH 9.2%NOTA 0.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT

7/23

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.49 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%

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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

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Known forDISTRICT

🏺Jute

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Baradari building with probable underground cell

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Baradari building with probable underground cell

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Jami Masjid

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Jami Masjid

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