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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 231 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Topchanchi

Winner — 1957

MANORAMA SINHA
INC· INC
Also elected — same seat
RAM LAL CHAMAR
INC· 23,258 votes
INC 26.0%INC 22.8%6 others 51.2%
Votes
26,467
25.9% share
Winning margin
4,980
4.9% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
37.2%
of 1,37,031

A closely fought contest. MANORAMA SINHA won with a 4.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MANORAMA SINHA
26,46725.9%
2
RAM LAL CHAMAR
23,25822.8%
3
PURNENDU NARAIN SINGH
CNPSPJP
21,48721.1%
4
LALIT BURMAN
10,0409.8%
5
JAMUNA DUSADH
7,8387.7%
6
KUNJA TURI
IND
5,2275.1%
7
S. VEER RAGHAV ACHARIAR
IND
4,1214.0%
8
R. K. NAG
JHP
3,5463.5%

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 (81st), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
4.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.1% · min 0.6% · max 34.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
81st of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.43
fewer partiesmore parties
170th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
86th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.43EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 25.9%INC 22.8%CNPSPJP 21.1%CPI 9.8%CPI 7.7%IND 5.1%OTH 7.5%

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?

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

Shiva Temple

🏛️MonumentASI

Shiva Temple

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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