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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 70 · 1995
Sonbarsa
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| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAMJIWAN PRASAD | Janata Dal | 44,632 | 38.3% |
| 2 | MO. ANVARUL HAQUE | INC | 44,493 | 38.2% |
| 3 | SHASHI BHUSHAN | 14,220 | 12.2% | |
| 4 | MAHENDER SINGH YADAV | Samajwadi Party | 3,051 | 2.6% |
| 5 | RAMNARESH SAH | BJP | 2,016 | 1.7% |
| 6 | YOGENDER MUKHIYA | IND | 1,386 | 1.2% |
| 7 | KANTI DEVI | IND | 705 | 0.6% |
| 8 | VASDEV MEHTO | IND | 568 | 0.5% |
| 9 | BHUSHAN BHASKAR | IND | 536 | 0.5% |
| 10 | RAM KRIPAL SAH | 416 | 0.4% | |
| 11 | RAVINDER KUMAR YADAV | IND | 405 | 0.3% |
| 12 | MO. ABULAISH AKHTAR | IND | 380 | 0.3% |
| 13 | RAM EKWAL PURVE | IND | 366 | 0.3% |
| 14 | BRAHAMDEV PANJIYAR | SOP(L) | 365 | 0.3% |
| 15 | RAMCHANDER PASWAN | 328 | 0.3% | |
| 16 | JIVACHH MUKHIYA | IND | 304 | 0.3% |
| 17 | GANESH MEHTO | BPP | 262 | 0.2% |
| 18 | RAJNANDAN GANDHI | IND | 241 | 0.2% |
| 19 | MAHENDER RAI | IND | 226 | 0.2% |
| 20 | RAM VISHWAS RAI | IND | 210 | 0.2% |
| 21 | NAGENDER KUMAR | IND | 167 | 0.1% |
| 22 | RAMCHANDER THAKUR | IND | 166 | 0.1% |
| 23 | REKHA KUMARI | IND | 164 | 0.1% |
| 24 | RAMBABU RAI | IND | 163 | 0.1% |
| 25 | HARISHCHANDER BHAGAT | IND | 133 | 0.1% |
| 26 | RAGHUNATH PRASAD | IND | 127 | 0.1% |
| 27 | RAMNARAYAN MEHTO | IND | 114 | 0.1% |
| 28 | KRISHANDEV SINGH YADAV | IND | 86 | 0.1% |
| 29 | EKRAMUL HAQUE | IND | 80 | 0.1% |
| 30 | KEDAR KUMAR | IND | 74 | 0.1% |
| 31 | CHANDESHWAR PRASAD SINGH | IND | 59 | 0.1% |
| 32 | RAMBUJHAWAN SINGH YADAV | IND | 45 | 0.0% |
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
lean0.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.5% · min 0.1% · max 30.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
69th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.51
fewer partiesmore parties
133rd of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
3.1%
lowerhigher
17th of 243Where 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 COMPUTEDA 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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