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Winner — 1969

SURYA NARAYAN SINGH
PSP· Praja Socialist Party
PSP 59.9%INC 26.8%4 others 13.3%
Votes
39,446
60.0% share
Winning margin
21,841
33.2% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
68.4%
of 96,163

Madhubani is a safe seat — SURYA NARAYAN SINGH won by 33.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SURYA NARAYAN SINGH
Praja Socialist Party
39,44660.0%
2
SHAFIQUELLAH ANSARI
INC
17,60526.8%
3
RAM GOPAL MISHRA
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
5,4128.2%
4
ANANT BHAGAT
Left
2,2233.4%
5
YASHODHAR PANDEY
SHD
7631.2%
6
NAWAL CHANDRA GUPTA
PBI
3530.5%

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 (194th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
33.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 22.0% · min 1.2% · max 71.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
63%
lowerhigher
194th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.90
fewer partiesmore parties
53rd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.6%
lowerhigher
135th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.90EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 60.0%INC 26.8%BJS 8.2%OTH 5.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,37,385
Density
1728 / km²
Sex ratio
911 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,279 km²
SC population15.6%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.3%Muslim 22.4%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.4%
Electricity15.8%
Sanitation25.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births69.9%
Children fully vaccinated66.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.4%
Children underweight (under 5)39.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.8%
Women literate49.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.1%
Clean cooking fuel41.6%
Health insurance25.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Madhubhani Paintings🏷️MakhanaGI🏺Terracotta

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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