Constituency
44. Sonepur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1995
BR-SONEPUR
JD 39.5%won by 18.2%INC 21.2%
What changed here
DerivedJanata Dal held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.1% to 18.2%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.7% between them, down from 75.9% — the field split more ways.
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
98,743
Margin
18,013
18.24%
Candidates
33 contested · winner JD- 1RAJ KUMAR RAIJanata Dal · JD38,96639.5%
- 2BIRENDRA NARAYAN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC20,95321.2%
- 3VINAY KUMAR SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP14,41814.6%
- 4MAHENDRA PRATAPSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP10,94011.1%
- 5RAMANUJ PRASADIndependent · IND3,4693.5%
- 6SHIV NARAIN RAIIndependent · IND3,1063.1%
- 7RAN VIJAY RAIIndependent · IND1,1831.2%
- 8RAJA RAM SAHANIIndependent · IND7620.8%
- 9GONAR MAHTOIndependent · IND6940.7%
- 10PUNIT SINGH DANGIIndependent · IND5570.6%
- 11RAJENDRA SINGHIndependent · IND4660.5%
- 12SANJAY KUMARJanahitha Paksha · JP3910.4%
- 13BALESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND3840.4%
- 14JHULAN RAIIndependent · IND2850.3%
- 15ARJUN PD. YADAVSamajwadi Party · SP2460.2%
- 16PRAMOD KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1990.2%
- 17DHANRAJ SINGHIndependent · IND1790.2%
- 18JAGDISH PRASADIndependent · IND1770.2%
- 19ABHAY KUMARIndependent · IND1660.2%
- 20RAMA NIRALA ALIAS RANAJIIndependent · IND1510.2%
- 21BIJAY KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1420.1%
- 22DILIP SINGHIndependent · IND1190.1%
- 23RAMAKANT SINGHIndependent · IND1160.1%
- 24WAKIL SINGHIndependent · IND1060.1%
- 25SATYENDRA NARAIN SINGHIndependent · IND940.1%
- 26ASHARFI BHAGATIndependent · IND850.1%
- 27KAMESHWAR PD. PADAVIndependent · IND850.1%
- 28MAHENDRA SINGHIndependent · IND690.1%
- 29OM PRAKASH RAIIndependent · IND650.1%
- 30CHANDRA BHUSHAN SINGHIndependent · IND510.1%
- 31HARENDRA RAIIndependent · IND460.0%
- 32UPENDRA CHAUHANIndependent · IND430.0%
- 33CHANDRIKA RAIIndependent · IND300.0%
Since 1990
Derived- Winner then
- JD
- Winner now
- JD
- JD–INC swing
- +15.1%
- JD share
- 39.5% → 39.5%
- INC share
- 36.4% → 21.2%
- Turnout
- — → —