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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 63 · 1959 by-elections
Sonbarsa
Winner — 1959 by-elections
R. RAI
INC 53.8%PSP 44.2%1 others 2.0%
Votes
24,455
53.8% share
Winning margin
4,351
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
3
Sonbarsa was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 4,351 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
3 total
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.
High turnout (19th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.5% · min 2.6% · max 22.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
19th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.43
fewer partiesmore parties
164th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.1%
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204th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
5 seats · 3 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
— DOESN'T APPLYWho ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,71,029
Density
1005 / km²
Sex ratio
919 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,057 km²
SC population8.6%
ST population5.9%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
55%HINDU
Hindu 54.9%Muslim 44.5%Other 0.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.3%
Electricity9.9%
Sanitation17.5%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births66.9%
Children fully vaccinated73.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.9%
Children underweight (under 5)48.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER68.4%
Women literate49.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Clean cooking fuel16.9%
Health insurance8.4%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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.