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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 233 · 19572 seats · 1 ST

Nirsa

Winner — 1957

LAKSHMI NARAIN MANJHI
INC· INC
Also elected — same seat
RAM NARIN SHARMA
INC· 17,860 votes
INC 23.3%INC 22.4%10 others 54.2%
Votes
18,605
23.4% share
Winning margin
10,667
13.4% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
26.9%
of 1,48,361

A clear win with a 13.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
LAKSHMI NARAIN MANJHI
18,60523.4%
2
RAM NARIN SHARMA
17,86022.4%
3
BINOD BIHARI MAHTO
IND
7,93810.0%
4
BUDWA MANJHI
6,1847.8%
5
PRITISH CHANDRA
IND
6,0797.6%
6
B. N. SHARMA
5,3716.7%
7
MIRGANK SHEKHAR DUTTA
IND
4,4885.6%
8
AMBAI SOREN
IND
3,1804.0%
9
BUDI MANJHI
IND
3,0653.9%
10
LAKSHMI KANT MAHTO
IND
2,9973.8%
11
J. NAG
IND
2,1332.7%
12
SUPHAL CHANDRA HEMBROM
IND
1,7942.3%

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.

Average turnout (174th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
13.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.5% · min 2.8% · max 39.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
174th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.40
fewer partiesmore parties
181st of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
118th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.40EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 23.4%INC 22.4%IND 10.0%PSP 7.8%IND 7.6%PSP 6.7%OTH 22.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
43,91,418
Density
883 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,976 km²
SC population30.4%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 88.3%Muslim 11.1%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.3%
Electricity16.3%
Sanitation24.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births76.6%
Children fully vaccinated85.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.4%
Children underweight (under 5)43.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.3%
Women literate59.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.8%
Clean cooking fuel34.7%
Health insurance9.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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