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Winner — 2025

MANORMA DEVI
JD(U)· NDA (NDA)
JD(U) 46.6%RJD 45.2%11 others 8.1%
Votes
95,685
46.7% share
Winning margin
2,882
1.4% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
73.3%
of 2,79,839

Belaganj was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.4% — fewer than 2,882 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

4 of 12 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹1.70 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MANORMA DEVI
NDA (NDA)
95,68546.7%
2
VISHVANATH KUMAR SINGH
92,80345.3%
NOTA
NOTA
3,0741.5%
4
LALU YADAV
IND
2,7691.4%
5
VIBHUTI NARAYAN SINGH
IND
2,5621.3%
6
MADHUMALA KUMARI
2,2041.1%
7
MD. SHAHABUDDIN
JANSURAJ
1,6210.8%
8
RAHUL RANJAN
IND
1,2680.6%
9
MD. ABDULLAH
BSKRP
9670.5%
10
MD. ISTIYAQUE AHMAD
IND
8370.4%
11
RICHA JHA
SMJWDLKPRS
6240.3%
12
KRISHNA PRASAD SINGH
PPID
3470.2%
13
TARAVEJ ALAM
TNRMPI
2580.1%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

High turnout (37th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.9% · min 0.6% · max 33.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
37th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.36
fewer partiesmore parties
199th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
153rd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD(U) 46.7%RJD 45.3%OTH 6.6%NOTA 1.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
4/12

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹1.70 Cr

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
43,91,418
Density
883 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,976 km²
SC population30.4%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 88.3%Muslim 11.1%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.3%
Electricity16.3%
Sanitation24.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births76.6%
Children fully vaccinated85.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.4%
Children underweight (under 5)43.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.3%
Women literate59.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.8%
Clean cooking fuel34.7%
Health insurance9.7%

What's nearby?

5 locations
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Known forDISTRICT
🏺Handloom/Garments🏺Stone Art🏺Tilkut
Sculptures of four Hindu deities one on each side of an oblong isolated bolder to the east of…

Sculptures of four Hindu deities one on each side of an oblong isolated bolder to the east of…

🏛️MonumentASI

Sculptures of four Hindu deities one on each side of an oblong isolated bolder to the east of Kauadol hill

Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the face of an isolated round boulder separated by a…

Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the face of an isolated round boulder separated by a…

🏛️MonumentASI

Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the face of an isolated round boulder separated by a distance of 12 feet from the south-eastern corner of Kauadol hill

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Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the northern and eastern faces of some rocks of…

🏛️MonumentASI

Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the northern and eastern faces of some rocks of Kauadol hill

Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the southern and eastern faces of some rocks and…

Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the southern and eastern faces of some rocks and…

🏛️MonumentASI

Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the southern and eastern faces of some rocks and boulder of Kauadol hill

The whole of the ancient ruins on which there are a colossal statue of Buddha, a few loose…

The whole of the ancient ruins on which there are a colossal statue of Buddha, a few loose…

🏛️MonumentASI

The whole of the ancient ruins on which there are a colossal statue of Buddha, a few loose sculptures and thirteen sandstone pillar

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