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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 152 · 1990Reserved (ST)
Maheshpur
Winner — 1990
KALI DAS MURMU
INC· INC
INC 26.7%JMM 24.9%10 others 48.3%
Votes
16,606
26.7% share
Winning margin
1,130
1.8% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
48.1%
of 1,29,166
Maheshpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.8% — fewer than 1,130 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
12 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KALI DAS MURMU | INC | 16,606 | 26.7% |
| 2 | DEVI DHAN BESRA | 15,476 | 24.9% | |
| 3 | JYOTIN SOREN | Left | 11,722 | 18.9% |
| 4 | BISWANATH MURNU | BJP | 10,348 | 16.7% |
| 5 | JOSHEPH MURMU |  MULNational Front | 3,125 | 5.0% |
| 6 | DAVID TUDU | IND | 1,800 | 2.9% |
| 7 | SOM MURMU | HJD | 944 | 1.5% |
| 8 | RAMESH MURMU | BKUS | 554 | 0.9% |
| 9 | GOPIN TUDU | IND | 496 | 0.8% |
| 10 | MOTI LAL MURMU | IND | 446 | 0.7% |
| 11 | BHAGAT MURMU | IND | 309 | 0.5% |
| 12 | KALESHWAR HEMBRAM | IND | 270 | 0.4% |
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 (159th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean1.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.3% · min 0.4% · max 42.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
66%
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159th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.49
fewer partiesmore parties
146th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.9%
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108th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.49EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 26.7%JMM 24.9%CPM 18.9%BJP 16.7%MUL 5.0%OTH 7.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,37,766
Density
1182 / km²
Sex ratio
880 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,569 km²
SC population10.5%
ST population2.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 81.9%Muslim 17.7%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water8.2%
Electricity31.0%
Sanitation33.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births77.2%
Children fully vaccinated66.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.0%
Children underweight (under 5)40.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.0%
Women literate65.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.4%
Clean cooking fuel49.2%
Health insurance16.3%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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