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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 152 · 1995Reserved (ST)

Maheshpur

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Winner — 1995

JYOTIN SOREN
CPM· Left
CPM 37.0%JMM(S) 22.8%10 others 40.2%
Votes
32,457
37.0% share
Winning margin
12,409
14.1% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
62.7%
of 1,39,954

A clear win with a 14.1% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JYOTIN SOREN
CPM
Left
32,45737.0%
2
DEBIDHAN BESRA
JMM(S)
20,04822.8%
3
KALIDAS MURMU
INC
INC
14,50416.5%
4
BALIRAM MARANDI
BJP
BJP
12,94114.7%
5
DURGA MARANDI
JD
Janata Dal
3,4573.9%
6
DROTHY HEMBROM
IND
1,1781.3%
7
MAHESHWAR HEMBROM
IND
9391.1%
8
DEVID TUDU
IND
7820.9%
9
BANESHWAR MARANDI
IND
6990.8%
10
ORIGANESH HEMBROM
IND
3250.4%
11
MOTI LAL TUDU
SAP
2800.3%
12
SAMUEL- D- TUDU
IND
1720.2%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (159th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
14.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.3% · min 0.4% · max 42.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
66%
lowerhigher
159th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.49
fewer partiesmore parties
146th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.9%
lowerhigher
108th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.49EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 37.0%JMM(S) 22.8%INC 16.5%BJP 14.7%OTH 8.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,37,766
Density
1182 / km²
Sex ratio
880 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,569 km²
SC population10.5%
ST population2.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 81.9%Muslim 17.7%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water8.2%
Electricity31.0%
Sanitation33.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births77.2%
Children fully vaccinated66.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.0%
Children underweight (under 5)40.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.0%
Women literate65.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.4%
Clean cooking fuel49.2%
Health insurance16.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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.

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