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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 239 · 1962Reserved (SC)

Belaganj

Winner — 1962

RAMESHWAR MANJHI
INC· INC
INC 57.2%SOC 30.4%3 others 12.4%
Votes
13,233
57.2% share
Winning margin
6,189
26.8% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
36.8%
of 62,802

Belaganj is a safe seat — RAMESHWAR MANJHI won by 26.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAMESHWAR MANJHI
INC
13,23357.2%
2
BHAGWATI DEVI
SOC
7,04430.4%
3
RAM RAKHYA RAM AZAD
Swatantra Party
1,7077.4%
4
DEOLAL PRASAD
IND
8213.5%
5
RAM SWAROOP PRASAD MEHARA
Praja Socialist Party
3341.4%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

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.

Low turnout (231st), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
26.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.1% · min 1.7% · max 52.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
58%
lowerhigher
231st of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.27
fewer partiesmore parties
227th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
85th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.27EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 57.2%SOC 30.4%SWA 7.4%OTH 5.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,19,146
Density
890 / km²
Sex ratio
939 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,494 km²
SC population25.5%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 88.5%Muslim 11.0%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.9%
Electricity9.0%
Sanitation22.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.9%
Children fully vaccinated74.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Children underweight (under 5)37.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.4%
Women literate62.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.3%
Clean cooking fuel40.7%
Health insurance8.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Handloom🏺Magahi Paan/ Betel Vine

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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