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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 44 · 1980
Sonepur
Winner — 1980
LALU PRASAD
JNP(SC)
JNP(SC) 48.2%INC(I) 38.4%8 others 13.4%
Votes
45,041
48.2% share
Winning margin
9,167
9.8% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
73.9%
of 1,26,495
A clear win with a 9.8% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LALU PRASAD | JNP(SC) | 45,041 | 48.2% |
| 2 | JAWAHAR PRASAD SINGH |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 35,874 | 38.4% |
| 3 | RAM SUNDER DAS | JNP(JP) | 10,396 | 11.1% |
| 4 | VIJAY KUMAR | IND | 1,355 | 1.4% |
| 5 | RAJ KUMAR PRASAD GUPTA | IND | 386 | 0.4% |
| 6 | KAMTA SINGH | IND | 132 | 0.1% |
| 7 | TRIPATI NATH SINGH | IND | 122 | 0.1% |
| 8 | RAM PRAVESH RAI | IND | 82 | 0.1% |
| 9 | SHEO DHYAN THAKUR | IND | 65 | 0.1% |
| 10 | SUDARSHAN PRASAD SINGH | IND | 36 | 0.0% |
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.
High turnout (43rd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean9.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.2% · min 1.1% · max 41.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
43rd of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.33
fewer partiesmore parties
206th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.9%
lowerhigher
107th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.33EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP(SC) 48.2%INC(I) 38.4%JNP(JP) 11.1%OTH 2.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,29,076
Density
919 / km²
Sex ratio
930 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,425 km²
SC population15.9%
ST population0.5%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.2%Muslim 18.4%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.3%
Electricity11.6%
Sanitation10.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.4%
Children fully vaccinated73.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.3%
Children underweight (under 5)45.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.7%
Women literate42.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.9%
Clean cooking fuel15.0%
Health insurance14.2%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Lac Bangles🏺Makhana (Foxnut)
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.