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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 51 · 1980
Lalganj
Winner — 1980
LALITESHWAR PRASAD SHAHI
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 55.0%JNP(SC) 24.4%8 others 20.6%
Votes
41,098
55.0% share
Winning margin
22,857
30.6% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
63.6%
of 1,17,353
Lalganj is a safe seat — LALITESHWAR PRASAD SHAHI won by 30.6%.
Seat history
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LALITESHWAR PRASAD SHAHI |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 41,098 | 55.0% |
| 2 | JAY NARAIN PRASAD NISAD | JNP(SC) | 18,241 | 24.4% |
| 3 | RAM NATH GUPTA | 9,541 | 12.8% | |
| 4 | INDU BHUSAN SINGH | Left | 4,284 | 5.7% |
| 5 | HARIBANSH NARAIN SINGH | BJP | 557 | 0.8% |
| 6 | SHIV SHANKAR SINGH | RRP | 489 | 0.7% |
| 7 | RAM SWAROOP PRASAD GUPTA | JNP(SR) | 198 | 0.3% |
| 8 | RAM SHANKAR PRASAD YADAV | IND | 123 | 0.2% |
| 9 | MAHESHWAR PRASAD SINGH | IND | 107 | 0.1% |
| 10 | KISHORI PRASAD SINGH | JNP(JP) | 57 | 0.1% |
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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.
High turnout (48th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe30.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.2% · min 1.9% · max 54.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
48th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.32
fewer partiesmore parties
209th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
220th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 55.0%JNP(SC) 24.4%INC(U) 12.8%CPI 5.7%OTH 2.0%
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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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.