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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 46 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Mahua

Winner — 1957

SHEONANDAN RAM
INC· INC
Also elected — same seat
BINDESHWARI PD. VERMA
INC· 20,087 votes
INC 21.0%INC 20.5%7 others 58.5%
Votes
20,511
20.9% share
Winning margin
3,587
3.7% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
37.3%
of 1,31,187

A closely fought contest. SHEONANDAN RAM won with a 3.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHEONANDAN RAM
20,51120.9%
2
BINDESHWARI PD. VERMA
20,08720.5%
3
AKSHAIBAT RAI
IND
16,92417.3%
4
BINJADI BHAGAT
IND
9,98910.2%
5
SATYA NARAYAN SINHA
CNPSPJP
8,1488.3%
6
PHUDENI PRASAD
7,8168.0%
7
SURAJ NARAIN CHOWDHARY
6,2896.4%
8
RAM PRASIDH SINGH
IND
4,4584.5%
9
SUKHILAL DAS
IND
3,6763.8%

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 (58th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
3.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.7% · min 1.7% · max 46.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
58th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.46
fewer partiesmore parties
154th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
194th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.46EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 20.9%INC 20.5%IND 17.3%IND 10.2%CNPSPJP 8.3%PSP 8.0%OTH 14.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
28,11,569
Density
993 / km²
Sex ratio
921 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,830 km²
SC population13.6%
ST population1.4%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
57%HINDU
Hindu 56.7%Muslim 43.0%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.5%
Electricity7.7%
Sanitation9.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births66.2%
Children fully vaccinated61.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.9%
Children underweight (under 5)47.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.9%
Women literate43.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.0%
Clean cooking fuel15.2%
Health insurance19.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jute🏷️MakhanaGI

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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