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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 71 · 1972Reserved (SC)

Majorganj

Winner — 1972

SURENDRA RAM
INC· Congress (R)
INC 28.4%SOP 27.7%2 others 43.9%
Votes
13,888
28.4% share
Winning margin
377
0.8% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
47.8%
of 1,02,085

Majorganj was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.8% — fewer than 377 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SURENDRA RAM
Congress (R)
13,88828.4%
2
RAM BRIKSHA RAM
13,51127.7%
3
SHEO PASWAN
Grand Alliance
11,75324.1%
4
UPENDRA RAM
9,68519.8%

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 (117th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.4% · min 0.5% · max 41.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
117th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.39
fewer partiesmore parties
183rd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.6%
lowerhigher
32nd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.39EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 28.4%SOP 27.7%BJS 24.1%NCO 19.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
20,01,762
Density
1120 / km²
Sex ratio
911 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,788 km²
SC population17.3%
ST population0.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 87.6%Muslim 12.1%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.6%
Electricity5.8%
Sanitation13.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births75.0%
Children fully vaccinated72.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.3%
Children underweight (under 5)43.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.7%
Women literate47.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.0%
Clean cooking fuel13.4%
Health insurance9.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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