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Winner — 1995

ASHOK KUMAR SINGH
JD· Janata Dal
JD 37.4%IND 10.9%22 others 51.7%
Votes
40,926
37.4% share
Winning margin
28,939
26.4% of votes
Total candidates
24
Turnout
56.7%
of 1,93,106

Sonbarsa is a safe seat — ASHOK KUMAR SINGH won by 26.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

24 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ASHOK KUMAR SINGH
Janata Dal
40,92637.4%
2
TEJ NARAYAN YADAV
IND
11,98710.9%
3
AMAR NATH MANDAL
10,5869.7%
4
KISHOR KUMAR
BPP
10,4819.6%
5
DEVENDRA KUMAR SINGH
BJP
9,8209.0%
6
LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV
INC
8,1257.4%
7
DEVENDRA KUMAR
Samajwadi Party
4,8844.5%
8
CHANDRA DEO GUPTA
IND
3,5493.2%
9
VINDESHWARI PRASAD YADAV
IND
1,3961.3%
10
VIRENDRA PASWAN
IND
1,1431.0%
11
ASHOK YADAV
IND
1,0891.0%
12
PRABHAT RANJAN YADAV
IND
8030.7%
13
SIYA RAM YADAV
IND
6880.6%
14
CHANDRA BHUSHAN SINGH
IND
6360.6%
15
DR. SHRI CHANDRA JHA
IND
5820.5%
16
SITA RAM PASWAN
5550.5%
17
VISHUN DEO KAMAT
IND
4830.4%
18
SURESH BHAGAT
IND
3710.3%
19
PURANI DEVI
IND
3390.3%
20
RAJ KUMAR YADAV
IND
3100.3%
21
PREM LAL YADAV
IND
2300.2%
22
DHIRENDRA JHA
IND
2280.2%
23
RAJESH KUMAR SINGH
IND
1910.2%
24
SURENDRA KUMAR SINGH
IND
1570.1%

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.

Average turnout (138th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
26.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.3% · min 2.4% · max 73.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
138th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.71
fewer partiesmore parties
85th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.6%
lowerhigher
36th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.71EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD 37.4%IND 10.9%SAP 9.7%BPP 9.6%BJP 9.0%INC 7.4%OTH 16.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,51,862
Density
1496 / km²
Sex ratio
954 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,641 km²
SC population12.0%
ST population0.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.5%Muslim 10.3%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.3%
Electricity14.8%
Sanitation21.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births73.0%
Children fully vaccinated72.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.7%
Children underweight (under 5)45.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER62.8%
Women literate65.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.2%
Clean cooking fuel36.8%
Health insurance9.4%

What's nearby?

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