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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 41 · 1957
Sonepur
Winner — 1957
RAM BINOD SINGH
IND
IND 31.4%CPI 30.4%3 others 38.2%
Votes
8,929
31.4% share
Winning margin
295
1.0% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
45.7%
of 62,235
Sonepur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.0% — fewer than 295 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAM BINOD SINGH | IND | 8,929 | 31.4% |
| 2 | SHEOBACHAN SINGH | 8,634 | 30.4% | |
| 3 | JAGDISH SHARMA | 7,275 | 25.6% | |
| 4 | JAMUNA PRASAD | IND | 2,569 | 9.0% |
| 5 | DEOKINANDAN SINGH | IND | 1,034 | 3.6% |
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.
High turnout (35th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe1.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.6% · min 1.0% · max 42.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
35th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
190th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.8%
lowerhigher
24th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 31.4%CPI 30.4%INC 25.6%IND 9.0%OTH 3.6%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,29,076
Density
919 / km²
Sex ratio
930 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,425 km²
SC population15.9%
ST population0.5%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.2%Muslim 18.4%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.3%
Electricity11.6%
Sanitation10.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.4%
Children fully vaccinated73.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.3%
Children underweight (under 5)45.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.7%
Women literate42.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.9%
Clean cooking fuel15.0%
Health insurance14.2%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Lac Bangles🏺Makhana (Foxnut)
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.