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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 44 · 2000
Sonepur
Winner — 2000
VINAY KUMAR SINGH
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 48.9%RJD 47.3%7 others 3.8%
Votes
72,502
48.9% share
Winning margin
2,290
1.5% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
85.1%
of 1,74,378
Sonepur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.5% — fewer than 2,290 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VINAY KUMAR SINGH | NDA (NDA) | 72,502 | 48.9% |
| 2 | PROF. RAMANUJ PRASAD | RJD | 70,212 | 47.3% |
| 3 | ASHOK SINGH | BSP | 3,621 | 2.4% |
| 4 | KARMU YADAV | INC | 886 | 0.6% |
| 5 | ATUL KUMAR SINGH | BJC(R) | 442 | 0.3% |
| 6 | VAKIL SINGH | IND | 373 | 0.3% |
| 7 | RAJ KUMAR RAI | IND | 227 | 0.1% |
| 8 | RAM JANAM RAI | IND | 64 | 0.0% |
| 9 | HARENDRA RAM | IND | 49 | 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.
High turnout (43rd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean1.5%
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
BJP 48.9%RJD 47.3%OTH 3.8%
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
🏺Lac Bangles🏺Makhana (Foxnut)
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.