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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 70 · 2005 (Feb)

Sonbarsa

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Winner — 2005 (Feb)

DR. RAM CHANDRA PURBEY
RJD· RJD
RJD 39.0%LJP 30.1%9 others 30.9%
Votes
37,774
39.0% share
Winning margin
8,585
8.9% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
47.6%
of 2,03,783

A clear win with a 8.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DR. RAM CHANDRA PURBEY
RJD
RJD
37,77439.0%
2
MD. ANWARUL HAQUE
LJP
29,18930.1%
3
MAHENDRA SINGH YADAV
BJP
NDA
16,08516.6%
4
AJAY KUMAR PURBEY
BSP
BSP
3,0933.2%
5
TASLIM SHAH
IND
2,3302.4%
6
SUNIL KUMAR
IND
1,6991.8%
7
LAKSHMI NARAYAN BHAGAT
IND
1,6921.7%
8
SHIV SHANKAR MANDAL
IND
1,4571.5%
9
VIDHAN CHAND RAI
SP
1,2521.3%
10
MD. AKBAR ALI
IND
1,2101.2%
11
MD. ABULAISH AKHATAR
IND
1,1551.2%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

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

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
8.9%
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
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RJD 39.0%LJP 30.1%BJP 16.6%OTH 14.3%

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?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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