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Winner — 2000

YADUBANSHI RAI
RJD· RJD
RJD 56.2%SAP 37.4%10 others 6.3%
Votes
68,463
56.2% share
Winning margin
22,890
18.8% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
75.6%
of 1,61,148

Marhaura is a safe seat — YADUBANSHI RAI won by 18.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
YADUBANSHI RAI
RJD
68,46356.2%
2
SURENDRA SHARMA
45,57337.4%
3
BHISHMA PRASAD YADVA
INC
5,0964.2%
4
JAWAHAR LAL CHAUDHARY
NCP
6820.6%
5
SUSHILA DEVI
IND
4720.4%
6
YOGENDRA SINGH
IND
4560.4%
7
MITHILESH SHARMA
NDA
2780.2%
8
LAL BABU GIRI
BHJC
2540.2%
9
KUMAR KAMENSHWER
IND
1750.1%
10
MAHESH PRASAD RAI
IND
1440.1%
11
RAM PRAVESH RAI
IND
910.1%
12
ARAVIND KUMAR
IND
730.1%

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 (177th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
18.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.2% · min 3.4% · max 44.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
177th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.76
fewer partiesmore parties
74th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
84th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.76EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RJD 56.2%SAP 37.4%OTH 6.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,87,379
Density
1282 / km²
Sex ratio
927 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,501 km²
SC population13.1%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.4%Muslim 18.3%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.2%
Electricity12.6%
Sanitation18.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births73.7%
Children fully vaccinated74.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.3%
Children underweight (under 5)36.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.4%
Women literate53.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.2%
Clean cooking fuel40.0%
Health insurance19.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Madhubani Paintings🏷️MakhanaGI🏺Sikki Painting

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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