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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 44 · 1985
Sonepur
Winner — 1985
LALOO PRASAD
LKD· Lok Dal
LKD 45.6%INC 24.1%17 others 30.4%
Votes
34,401
45.6% share
Winning margin
16,219
21.5% of votes
Total candidates
19
Turnout
56.8%
of 1,32,867
Sonepur is a safe seat — LALOO PRASAD won by 21.5%.
Seat history
All Candidates
19 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LALOO PRASAD | Lok Dal | 34,401 | 45.6% |
| 2 | RAJ NARAIN SINGH | INC | 18,182 | 24.1% |
| 3 | SAKAL DEO SINGH | Janata | 16,751 | 22.2% |
| 4 | JAI KISHUN BAGAT | IND | 1,454 | 1.9% |
| 5 | JAI NATH RAI | IND | 961 | 1.3% |
| 6 | CHANDRA SEKHAR SINGH | ICS | 817 | 1.1% |
| 7 | SHAMBHU PRASAD SHARMA | IND | 701 | 0.9% |
| 8 | SURENDRA PRASAD YADAV | IND | 358 | 0.5% |
| 9 | JAWAHAR LAL RAM | IND | 348 | 0.5% |
| 10 | VISHWA NATH SINGH | IND | 276 | 0.4% |
| 11 | SURENDRA MISHRA | BJP | 237 | 0.3% |
| 12 | JAI NARAYAN SINGH | IND | 225 | 0.3% |
| 13 | SURENDRA PRASAD | IND | 221 | 0.3% |
| 14 | SHARWAN KUMAR SINGH | IND | 178 | 0.2% |
| 15 | SUDARSHAN PRASAD SINGH | IND | 114 | 0.1% |
| 16 | BHADAI RAI | IND | 86 | 0.1% |
| 17 | JAI LAGAN SINGH | IND | 73 | 0.1% |
| 18 | BRIJ NANDAN PANDEY | IND | 68 | 0.1% |
| 19 | ASHOK KUMAR SINGH | IND | 50 | 0.1% |
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
lean21.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.2% · min 1.1% · max 41.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
73%
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43rd of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.33
fewer partiesmore parties
206th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.9%
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107th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.33EFFECTIVE PARTIES
LKD 45.6%INC 24.1%JNP 22.2%OTH 8.2%
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
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