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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 6 · 1980
Lauria
Winner — 1980
VISHWAMOHAN SHARMA
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 56.5%JNP(JP) 25.0%2 others 18.5%
Votes
31,344
56.5% share
Winning margin
17,483
31.5% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
50.5%
of 1,09,907
Lauria is a safe seat — VISHWAMOHAN SHARMA won by 31.5%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VISHWAMOHAN SHARMA |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 31,344 | 56.5% |
| 2 | AJAJ AHMAD | JNP(JP) | 13,861 | 25.0% |
| 3 | RAM PRASAD YADAV | 7,547 | 13.6% | |
| 4 | JAGNNATH PRASAD | JNP(SC) | 2,735 | 4.9% |
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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 (51st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe31.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.8% · min 2.1% · max 67.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
51st of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.55
fewer partiesmore parties
122nd of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
148th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.55EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 56.5%JNP(JP) 25.0%INC(U) 13.6%OTH 4.9%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,35,042
Density
753 / km²
Sex ratio
909 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,228 km²
SC population14.1%
ST population6.3%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.4%Muslim 22.0%Other 0.6%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.8%
Electricity8.1%
Sanitation15.9%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.5%
Children fully vaccinated62.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.5%
Children underweight (under 5)30.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.6%
Women literate52.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.1%
Clean cooking fuel31.4%
Health insurance20.0%
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.