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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 144 · 1969Reserved (ST)

Maheshpur

Winner — 1969

KALESHWAR HEMRAM
PHJ
PHJ 35.3%INC 35.1%5 others 29.6%
Votes
8,427
35.3% share
Winning margin
37
0.1% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
30.8%
of 77,590

Maheshpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.1% — fewer than 37 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KALESHWAR HEMRAM
PHJ
8,42735.3%
2
KALIDAS MURMU
INC
8,39035.1%
3
JOSEF MURMU
JAP
3,42114.3%
4
BISHWANATH MURMU
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1,4336.0%
5
CHUNU TUDU
Samyukta Socialist Party
9574.0%
6
PAUL HANSDA
IND
7012.9%
7
WILLIAM HEMRAM
Left
5532.3%

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.

Average turnout (93rd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.4% · min 0.1% · max 42.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
93rd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.30
fewer partiesmore parties
216th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
120th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.30EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PHJ 35.3%INC 35.1%JAP 14.3%BJS 6.0%OTH 9.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
29,70,541
Density
1549 / km²
Sex ratio
895 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,918 km²
SC population14.6%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 86.0%Muslim 13.7%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.6%
Electricity20.2%
Sanitation31.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.0%
Children fully vaccinated65.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.8%
Children underweight (under 5)35.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER62.9%
Women literate62.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.5%
Clean cooking fuel45.2%
Health insurance13.2%

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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