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Jharkhand · Assembly Constituency 6 · 2024Reserved (ST)

Maheshpur

Winner — 2024

STEPHEN MARANDI
JMM· Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
JMM 59.4%BJP 27.8%14 others 12.8%
Votes
1,14,924
59.6% share
Winning margin
61,175
31.7% of votes
Total candidates
15
Turnout
80.5%
of 2,40,157

Maheshpur is a safe seat — STEPHEN MARANDI won by 31.7%.

Seat history

2 of 15 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.37 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

16 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
STEPHEN MARANDI
Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
1,14,92459.6%
2
NAVNEET ANTHONY HEMBROM
53,74927.9%
3
GOPIN SOREN
5,3292.8%
4
MISTRY SOREN
BHAZS
5,0312.6%
5
DAUD MARANDI
2,6441.4%
6
REPHAEEL MURMU
IND
2,3051.2%
7
STEFAN MARANDI
IND
1,5660.8%
NOTA
NOTA
1,3040.7%
9
ELIAN HANSDAK
JKPP
1,2410.6%
10
MADAN MURMU
IND
9700.5%
11
KAMESHWAR HANSDA
APoI
8100.4%
12
ELIAS KISKU
IND
8070.4%
13
ELIAS HEMBROM
IND
6370.3%
14
GABRIEL HEMBROM
IND
5230.3%
15
BUDHAN MARANDI
IND
5050.3%
16
GANGARAM KISKU
IND
3990.2%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

High turnout (2nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
31.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.5% · min 3.8% · max 31.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
81%
lowerhigher
2nd of 81

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.30
fewer partiesmore parties
66th of 81

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
60th of 81

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
81 seats · 41 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.30EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JMM 59.6%BJP 27.9%OTH 11.8%NOTA 0.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
2/15

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.37 Cr

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
9,00,422
Density
497 / km²
Sex ratio
989 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,811 km²
SC population3.2%
ST population42.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
46%HINDU
Hindu 45.5%Muslim 35.9%Other 9.9%Christian 8.4%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.1%
Electricity17.4%
Sanitation10.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births64.6%
Children fully vaccinated69.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.3%
Children underweight (under 5)51.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER79.7%
Women literate41.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.4%
Clean cooking fuel16.9%
Health insurance52.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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