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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 23 · 19512 seats · 1 SC

Sherghati and Imamganj

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Winner — 1951

JAGLAL MAHATO
INC
Also elected — same seat
DEODHARI CHAMAR
INC· 16,742 votes
INC 30.8%INC 25.4%6 others 43.8%
Votes
20,304
30.8% share
Winning margin
13,639
20.7% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
33.2%
of 99,256

Sherghati and Imamganj is a safe seat — JAGLAL MAHATO won by 20.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAGLAL MAHATO
INC
20,30430.8%
2
DEODHARI CHAMAR
INC
16,74225.4%
3
BAGESHWARI PRASAD
IND
6,66510.1%
4
KALI CHAMAR
IND
6,3149.6%
5
SITARAM MAHATO
SP
4,8477.3%
6
PARMESHWAR SINGH
IND
3,9075.9%
7
RAM BILAS PASI
SP
3,6625.5%
8
RAMBHAJAN DAS DIWAN
IND
3,5195.3%

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (115th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
20.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.0% · min 0.3% · max 67.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
115th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.25
fewer partiesmore parties
229th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
175th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
330 seats · 166 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.25EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 30.8%INC 25.4%IND 10.1%IND 9.6%SP 7.3%IND 5.9%OTH 10.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,23,574
Density
1492 / km²
Sex ratio
899 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,294 km²
SC population11.8%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
78%HINDU
Hindu 78.1%Muslim 21.6%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.5%
Electricity9.0%
Sanitation20.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births64.4%
Children fully vaccinated66.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.2%
Children underweight (under 5)40.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.7%
Women literate51.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.8%
Clean cooking fuel40.5%
Health insurance20.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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.

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