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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 50 · 1985Reserved (SC)

Mahua

Winner — 1985

DASAI CHAUDHARY
LKD· Lok Dal
LKD 54.7%INC 34.9%8 others 10.4%
Votes
42,789
54.7% share
Winning margin
15,447
19.7% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
59.5%
of 1,31,616

Mahua is a safe seat — DASAI CHAUDHARY won by 19.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DASAI CHAUDHARY
Lok Dal
42,78954.7%
2
KAPILESHWAR RAM KESHARI
INC
27,34234.9%
3
CHANDESHWAR RAM
Left
4,9186.3%
4
RAMA SHANKAR BHARTI
Janata
1,5452.0%
5
PRABHU DAYAL DAS
IND
5520.7%
6
DASRATH PASWAN
IND
3350.4%
7
RAM SURAT PASWAN
IND
2740.3%
8
RAJGIR PASWAN
IND
2440.3%
9
RAM VILAS RAM
IND
2210.3%
10
MUNSHI LAL CHOUDHARY
IND
620.1%

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 (61st), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
19.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.9% · min 1.6% · max 70.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
61st of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.87
fewer partiesmore parties
5th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
112th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.87EFFECTIVE PARTIES
LKD 54.7%INC 34.9%CPI 6.3%OTH 4.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

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
Known forDISTRICT
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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.

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