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Winner — 1995

RAMJIWAN PRASAD
JD· Janata Dal
JD 38.3%INC 38.2%30 others 23.5%
Votes
44,632
38.3% share
Winning margin
139
0.1% of votes
Total candidates
32
Turnout
65.1%
of 1,78,984

Sonbarsa was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.1% — fewer than 139 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

32 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAMJIWAN PRASAD
Janata Dal
44,63238.3%
2
MO. ANVARUL HAQUE
INC
44,49338.2%
3
SHASHI BHUSHAN
14,22012.2%
4
MAHENDER SINGH YADAV
Samajwadi Party
3,0512.6%
5
RAMNARESH SAH
BJP
2,0161.7%
6
YOGENDER MUKHIYA
IND
1,3861.2%
7
KANTI DEVI
IND
7050.6%
8
VASDEV MEHTO
IND
5680.5%
9
BHUSHAN BHASKAR
IND
5360.5%
10
RAM KRIPAL SAH
4160.4%
11
RAVINDER KUMAR YADAV
IND
4050.3%
12
MO. ABULAISH AKHTAR
IND
3800.3%
13
RAM EKWAL PURVE
IND
3660.3%
14
BRAHAMDEV PANJIYAR
SOP(L)
3650.3%
15
RAMCHANDER PASWAN
3280.3%
16
JIVACHH MUKHIYA
IND
3040.3%
17
GANESH MEHTO
BPP
2620.2%
18
RAJNANDAN GANDHI
IND
2410.2%
19
MAHENDER RAI
IND
2260.2%
20
RAM VISHWAS RAI
IND
2100.2%
21
NAGENDER KUMAR
IND
1670.1%
22
RAMCHANDER THAKUR
IND
1660.1%
23
REKHA KUMARI
IND
1640.1%
24
RAMBABU RAI
IND
1630.1%
25
HARISHCHANDER BHAGAT
IND
1330.1%
26
RAGHUNATH PRASAD
IND
1270.1%
27
RAMNARAYAN MEHTO
IND
1140.1%
28
KRISHANDEV SINGH YADAV
IND
860.1%
29
EKRAMUL HAQUE
IND
800.1%
30
KEDAR KUMAR
IND
740.1%
31
CHANDESHWAR PRASAD SINGH
IND
590.1%
32
RAMBUJHAWAN SINGH YADAV
IND
450.0%

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 (69th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.5% · min 0.1% · max 30.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
69th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.51
fewer partiesmore parties
133rd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
3.1%
lowerhigher
17th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD 38.3%INC 38.2%SAP 12.2%OTH 11.3%

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?

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