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Jharkhand · Assembly Constituency 26 · 2024Reserved (SC)

Simaria

Winner — 2024

KUMAR UJJWAL
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 44.3%JMM 42.7%10 others 13.0%
Votes
1,11,906
44.5% share
Winning margin
4,001
1.6% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
66.8%
of 3,78,063

Simaria was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.6% — fewer than 4,001 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

2 of 11 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.14 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KUMAR UJJWAL
NDA (NDA)
1,11,90644.5%
2
MANOJ KUMAR CHANDRA
1,07,90542.9%
3
JITENDRA KUMAR
JLKM
11,1644.4%
NOTA
NOTA
6,9282.8%
5
SURESH KUMAR
3,8091.5%
6
SADANAND BHUIYAN
IND
3,5981.4%
7
RAMWTAR RAM
2,2650.9%
8
SHANKAR RAJAK
IND
1,2710.5%
9
VIKASH KUMAR
IND
9020.4%
10
VINOD KUMAR
IND
7930.3%
11
LAL KISHORE DAS
JKP
5720.2%
12
VINAY KUMAR
IND
5270.2%

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

Average turnout (56th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
1.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 5.7% · min 1.6% · max 8.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
56th of 81

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.60
fewer partiesmore parties
40th of 81

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.7%
lowerhigher
6th of 81

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
81 seats · 41 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.60EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 44.5%JMM 42.9%OTH 9.9%NOTA 2.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
2/11

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.14 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
10,42,886
Density
281 / km²
Sex ratio
953 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,718 km²
SC population32.6%
ST population4.4%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 86.6%Muslim 11.2%Other 2.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.9%
Electricity14.9%
Sanitation10.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births71.5%
Children fully vaccinated71.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.2%
Children underweight (under 5)39.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.0%
Women literate57.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.7%
Clean cooking fuel20.4%
Health insurance46.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Vegetable

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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