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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 60 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Sheohar

Winner — 1957

THAKUR GIRJANANDAN SINGH
IND
Also elected — same seat
RAM SAROOP RAM
IND· 29,255 votes
IND 25.8%IND 24.1%4 others 50.1%
Votes
31,405
25.8% share
Winning margin
7,194
5.9% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
44.4%
of 1,37,078

A clear win with a 5.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
THAKUR GIRJANANDAN SINGH
IND
31,40525.8%
2
RAM SAROOP RAM
IND
29,25524.1%
3
JAGDEO MAHRA
24,21119.9%
4
RAMDULARI DEVI
23,72019.5%
5
CHULHAI PASWAN
6,6875.5%
6
RAMCHANDRA ASHOPURI
6,3115.2%

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 (21st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
5.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.5% · min 3.6% · max 44.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
75%
lowerhigher
21st of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.64
fewer partiesmore parties
96th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.6%
lowerhigher
34th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.64EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 25.8%IND 24.1%INC 19.9%INC 19.5%BJS 5.5%BJS 5.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
32,64,619
Density
1011 / km²
Sex ratio
921 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,229 km²
SC population12.0%
ST population4.3%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
61%HINDU
Hindu 60.9%Muslim 38.5%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.0%
Electricity13.4%
Sanitation13.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births68.9%
Children fully vaccinated62.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.5%
Children underweight (under 5)47.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.0%
Women literate47.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.2%
Clean cooking fuel19.3%
Health insurance10.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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