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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 46 · 1969
Sonepur
Winner — 1969
RAM JAIPAL SINGH YADAV
INC· INC
INC 46.0%CPI 26.5%6 others 27.4%
Votes
29,331
46.0% share
Winning margin
12,412
19.5% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
62.8%
of 1,01,545
Sonepur is a safe seat — RAM JAIPAL SINGH YADAV won by 19.5%.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAM JAIPAL SINGH YADAV | INC | 29,331 | 46.0% |
| 2 | SHEO VACHAN SINGH | Left | 16,919 | 26.6% |
| 3 | HARENDRA PRASAD SINGH | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 12,929 | 20.3% |
| 4 | RAM CHANDRA SINGH PATHIK | Praja Socialist Party | 1,621 | 2.5% |
| 5 | RAMANUJ RAI | Samyukta Socialist Party | 1,490 | 2.3% |
| 6 | SHITAL RAI | IND | 615 | 1.0% |
| 7 | VISHWANATH UPADHYAY | JAP | 578 | 0.9% |
| 8 | CHANDRIKA SINGH | 246 | 0.4% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
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
lean19.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.7% · min 1.7% · max 46.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
58th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.46
fewer partiesmore parties
154th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
194th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.46EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.0%CPI 26.6%BJS 20.3%OTH 7.1%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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%
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
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