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Bihar · PC 47 · 1968 by-election
Hazaribagh
Winner — 1968 by-election
M.S.OBEROI
JAP
JAP 62.4%INC 24.1%5 others 13.5%
Votes
75,101
62.4% share
Winning margin
46,066
38.3% of votes
Total votes cast
1,20,418
Candidates
7
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M.S.OBEROI | JAP | 75,101 | 62.4% |
| 2 | R.N.SHARMA | 29,035 | 24.1% | |
| 3 | R.K.SINGH | IND | 11,307 | 9.4% |
| 4 | D.D.PRASAD | IND | 1,999 | 1.7% |
| 5 | D.DEVI | IND | 1,475 | 1.2% |
| 6 | J.K.KUANDELVAL | 904 | 0.8% | |
| 7 | D.N.SINGH | IND | 597 | 0.5% |
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.
An essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean38.3%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 14.6% · min 1.9% · max 47.5%
How contested is turnout?
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54%
lowerhigher
How crowded is the field?
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2.25
fewer partiesmore parties
How much NOTA?
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— NOT REPORTEDHow often does it back the winner?
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neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
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2.25EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JAP 62.4%INC 24.1%IND 9.4%OTH 4.1%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTEDHistorical constituency — last contested in 1999. Redrawn or abolished in a later delimitation, so it has no present-day district or state context; its full territorial history is above and in the Seat-history drawer.