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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 227 · 19512 seats · 1 ST

Giridh and Dumri

Winner — 1951

LAKSHMAN MANJHI
Also elected — same seat
KRISHNABALLABH SAHAI
INC· 25,607 votes
INC 24.2%INC 23.9%5 others 51.9%
Votes
25,947
24.2% share
Winning margin
2,624
2.4% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
40.8%
of 1,31,548

A closely fought contest. LAKSHMAN MANJHI won with a 2.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
LAKSHMAN MANJHI
25,94724.2%
2
KRISHNABALLABH SAHAI
25,60723.9%
3
HEMLAL MANJHI
23,32321.8%
4
KAMAKHYA NARAIN SINGH
22,80221.3%
5
RAGHWAN GOPAL VIR
3,6703.4%
6
SAKHICHANDA DEO
3,0082.8%
7
CHUNDRIKA MANJHI
2,8432.6%

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 (120th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.8% · min 0.7% · max 50.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
120th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.45
fewer partiesmore parties
161st of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.7%
lowerhigher
123rd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
330 seats · 166 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.45EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 24.2%INC 23.9%CNSPJP 21.8%CNSPJP 21.3%OTH 8.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Handloom/Garments🏺Stone Art🏺Tilkut

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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