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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 47 · 1980
Mahnar
Winner — 1980
MUNSHILAL RAI
JNP(SC)
JNP(SC) 49.2%INC(I) 32.9%7 others 17.9%
Votes
45,557
49.2% share
Winning margin
15,080
16.3% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
69.1%
of 1,33,913
Mahnar is a safe seat — MUNSHILAL RAI won by 16.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MUNSHILAL RAI | JNP(SC) | 45,557 | 49.2% |
| 2 | RAM PRASAD SINGH |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 30,477 | 32.9% |
| 3 | MUNISHWAR PRASAD SINGH | JNP(JP) | 14,172 | 15.3% |
| 4 | SHANTI JAISWAL | 1,122 | 1.2% | |
| 5 | CHANDRA SEKHAR RAI | JNP(SR) | 478 | 0.5% |
| 6 | RAM BHAWAN SINGH | IND | 269 | 0.3% |
| 7 | HARIHAR SINGH | IND | 239 | 0.3% |
| 8 | SHAMBHOO SINGH | IND | 191 | 0.2% |
| 9 | SUDARSHAN SINGH | IND | 71 | 0.1% |
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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 (132nd), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe16.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.3% · min 1.2% · max 48.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
132nd of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.29
fewer partiesmore parties
218th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.2%
lowerhigher
66th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.29EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP(SC) 49.2%INC(I) 32.9%JNP(JP) 15.3%OTH 2.6%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
28,11,569
Density
993 / km²
Sex ratio
921 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,830 km²
SC population13.6%
ST population1.4%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
57%HINDU
Hindu 56.7%Muslim 43.0%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.5%
Electricity7.7%
Sanitation9.4%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births66.2%
Children fully vaccinated61.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.9%
Children underweight (under 5)47.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.9%
Women literate43.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.0%
Clean cooking fuel15.2%
Health insurance19.5%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jute🏷️MakhanaGI
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.