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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 229 · 1980Reserved (SC)

Mohania

Winner — 1980

MAHAVIR PASWANI
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 43.5%JNP(JP) 25.4%11 others 31.1%
Votes
22,935
43.5% share
Winning margin
9,571
18.2% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
43.1%
of 1,22,316

Mohania is a safe seat — MAHAVIR PASWANI won by 18.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MAHAVIR PASWANI
INC(I)
Congress (I)
22,93543.5%
2
BHAGWAT PRASAD
JNP(JP)
13,36425.4%
3
R.B. PASWAN
8,80316.7%
4
BUDDHU MUSHAR
IND
1,8903.6%
5
RAM KESHI PRASAD BHARTI
JNP(SR)
1,2162.3%
6
MUKH LAL CHOUDHARI
IND
1,0121.9%
7
SHEO ADHAR PRASAD
JNP(SC)
7601.4%
8
LAL MOHAN HARIJAN
IND
6291.2%
9
NAGESHWAR CHAMAR
IND
5441.0%
10
MAHANGU RAM
IND
5181.0%
11
KEDAR CHAMAR
IND
4960.9%
12
RAM BACHAN RAM
IND
4050.8%
13
MOTI JHARI DEVI
IND
1330.3%

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 (86th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
18.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.4% · min 0.4% · max 51.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
86th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.66
fewer partiesmore parties
91st of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.6%
lowerhigher
37th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.66EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 43.5%JNP(JP) 25.4%INC(U) 16.7%OTH 14.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
43,91,418
Density
883 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,976 km²
SC population30.4%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 88.3%Muslim 11.1%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.3%
Electricity16.3%
Sanitation24.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births76.6%
Children fully vaccinated85.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.4%
Children underweight (under 5)43.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.3%
Women literate59.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.8%
Clean cooking fuel34.7%
Health insurance9.7%

What's nearby?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Handloom/Garments🏺Stone Art🏺Tilkut
Ancient stupa and other remains locally known as Sujata garh

Ancient stupa and other remains locally known as Sujata garh

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient stupa and other remains locally known as Sujata garh

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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