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Winner — 1972

YUVRAJ
SOP 37.2%INC 36.0%3 others 26.7%
Votes
16,684
37.2% share
Winning margin
526
1.2% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
47.5%
of 94,339

Manihari was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.2% — fewer than 526 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
YUVRAJ
16,68437.2%
2
PURNA NAND RAY
Congress (R)
16,15836.0%
3
RAMESH CHANDRA MANDAL
6,92515.4%
4
BALDEO PRASAD MANDAL
Grand Alliance
3,5527.9%
5
BASUDEO SINGH
HSD
1,5043.4%

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 (65th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.7% · min 0.5% · max 42.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
65th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.36
fewer partiesmore parties
18th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.4%
lowerhigher
45th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SOP 37.2%INC 36.0%NCO 15.4%BJS 7.9%OTH 3.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
42,61,566
Density
1467 / km²
Sex ratio
911 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,904 km²
SC population18.9%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.2%Muslim 10.6%Other 0.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.4%
Electricity10.4%
Sanitation18.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births83.4%
Children fully vaccinated71.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.0%
Children underweight (under 5)42.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.5%
Women literate54.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.8%
Clean cooking fuel36.1%
Health insurance19.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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