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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 185 · 1985
Monghyr
Winner — 1985
RAMDEO SINGH YADAV
LKD· Lok Dal
LKD 51.4%INC 31.4%15 others 17.2%
Votes
50,272
51.4% share
Winning margin
19,547
20.0% of votes
Total candidates
17
Turnout
63.4%
of 1,54,262
Monghyr is a safe seat — RAMDEO SINGH YADAV won by 20.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
17 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAMDEO SINGH YADAV | Lok Dal | 50,272 | 51.4% |
| 2 | IZHARUL HAQUE | INC | 30,725 | 31.4% |
| 3 | ABHAI KUMAR CHOUDHARY | BJP | 7,558 | 7.7% |
| 4 | UNIT PRASAD SINGH | Janata | 4,416 | 4.5% |
| 5 | VIJOY KUMAR VIJOY | IND | 833 | 0.8% |
| 6 | SHEKHAR PD. SHARMA | IND | 788 | 0.8% |
| 7 | SHIV SHANKAR PRASAD YADAV | ICS | 678 | 0.7% |
| 8 | ALAKH NIREN MANDAL | IND | 523 | 0.5% |
| 9 | SURENDER KUMAR YADAV | IND | 497 | 0.5% |
| 10 | PRAKASH KUMAR SINHA | IND | 416 | 0.4% |
| 11 | BHOLA YADAV | IND | 404 | 0.4% |
| 12 | RAJESSHWAR PD. SINGH | IND | 280 | 0.3% |
| 13 | UPENDRA PRASAD YADAV | ICJ | 203 | 0.2% |
| 14 | HARI CHARAN SHARMA | IND | 67 | 0.1% |
| 15 | NAWAB ALAM | IND | 64 | 0.1% |
| 16 | GAGAN KUMAR | IND | 36 | 0.0% |
| 17 | SHYAM KANT MISHRA | IND | 35 | 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.
Average turnout (103rd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe20.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.3% · min 0.5% · max 52.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
103rd of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.59
fewer partiesmore parties
112th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.0%
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91st of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.59EFFECTIVE PARTIES
LKD 51.4%INC 31.4%BJP 7.7%OTH 9.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
58,38,465
Density
1823 / km²
Sex ratio
897 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,202 km²
SC population15.8%
ST population0.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.7%Muslim 7.5%Other 0.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water24.2%
Electricity57.1%
Sanitation53.0%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated56.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.5%
Children underweight (under 5)39.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.1%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.6%
Clean cooking fuel64.6%
Health insurance10.2%
What's nearby?
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