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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 131 · 1957

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Winner — 1957

MAHENDRA MAHTO
PSP· Praja Socialist Party
PSP 24.5%CPI 20.6%5 others 54.9%
Votes
7,011
24.5% share
Winning margin
1,102
3.8% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
45.1%
of 63,559

A closely fought contest. MAHENDRA MAHTO won with a 3.8% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MAHENDRA MAHTO
PSP
7,01124.5%
2
AHMAD SYEAD
CPI
5,90920.6%
3
GADADHAR MISHRA
IND
4,38515.3%
4
LAKHAN MAHTO
IND
3,73913.1%
5
SUJADHAR MISHRA
IND
3,25911.4%
6
MD. BURHANUDDIN KHAN
INC
3,19811.2%
7
MANMOHAN THAKUR
IND
1,1454.0%

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

High turnout (32nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
3.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.9% · min 3.9% · max 33.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
32nd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.77
fewer partiesmore parties
72nd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
3.6%
lowerhigher
9th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.77EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 24.5%CPI 20.6%IND 15.3%IND 13.1%IND 11.4%INC 11.2%OTH 4.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
42,61,566
Density
1467 / km²
Sex ratio
911 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,904 km²
SC population18.9%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.2%Muslim 10.6%Other 0.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.4%
Electricity10.4%
Sanitation18.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births83.4%
Children fully vaccinated71.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.0%
Children underweight (under 5)42.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.5%
Women literate54.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.8%
Clean cooking fuel36.1%
Health insurance19.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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