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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 114 · 1967Reserved (SC)

Sonbarsa

Winner — 1967

Y. DEVI
INC· INC
INC 35.8%JKD 33.7%4 others 30.5%
Votes
15,621
35.8% share
Winning margin
918
2.1% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
46.0%
of 94,873

A closely fought contest. Y. DEVI won with a 2.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Y. DEVI
INC
15,62135.8%
2
J. HAZRA
JKD
14,70333.7%
3
K. RISHIDED
Samyukta Socialist Party
9,74622.4%
4
L. DAS
Praja Socialist Party
1,4923.4%
5
S. MANDAL
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1,1932.7%
6
E. SADA
Swatantra Party
8602.0%

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 (214th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.2% · min 0.6% · max 44.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
214th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.65
fewer partiesmore parties
8th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
3.4%
lowerhigher
13th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.65EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 35.8%JKD 33.7%SSP 22.4%OTH 8.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,51,862
Density
1496 / km²
Sex ratio
954 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,641 km²
SC population12.0%
ST population0.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.5%Muslim 10.3%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.3%
Electricity14.8%
Sanitation21.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births73.0%
Children fully vaccinated72.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.7%
Children underweight (under 5)45.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER62.8%
Women literate65.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.2%
Clean cooking fuel36.8%
Health insurance9.4%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Tomato
🏛️

(i) All ancient structures and other monuments or remains and all artificial caves and mounds…

🏛️MonumentASI

(i) All ancient structures and other monuments or remains and all artificial caves and mounds containing ancient remains within the limit of the said ancient city of Manjhi. (ii) Remains of the ancient city Manjhi

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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