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Bihar · PC 46 · 1971
Dhanbad
Winner — Lok Sabha 1971
RAM NARAIN SHARMA
INC· INC
INC 45.0%CPM 15.3%13 others 39.7%
Votes
1,07,308
46.4% share
Winning margin
70,923
30.7% of votes
Total votes cast
2,38,464
Candidates
15
Seat history
All Candidates
15 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAM NARAIN SHARMA | 1,07,308 | 46.4% | |
| 2 | VINOD VIHARI MAHTO | 36,385 | 15.7% | |
| 3 | PRAN PRASAD | JAP | 23,714 | 10.3% |
| 4 | S. K. RAI | 16,243 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | GAUTAM KUMAR | 12,256 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | P. N. SUR | 11,365 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | PRANAV CHATTERJEE | 6,557 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | KAMESHWAR JHA | IND | 6,160 | 2.7% |
| 9 | SAFI AHMAD | HSD | 2,946 | 1.3% |
| 10 | NALINI RANJAN SINGH | SUC | 2,750 | 1.2% |
| 11 | BHAGWAN DAS PASWAN | IND | 2,146 | 0.9% |
| 12 | UDIT NARAYAN PRASAD | IND | 1,473 | 0.6% |
| 13 | BUDHAN RAM | IND | 759 | 0.3% |
| 14 | N. NAG | IND | 621 | 0.3% |
| 15 | M .A. ZAFAR ANSARI | IND | 506 | 0.2% |
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.
A two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe30.7%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 15.7% · min 1.7% · max 34.1%
How contested is turnout?
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48%
lowerhigher
How crowded is the field?
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2.44
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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2.44EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.4%CPM 15.7%JAP 10.3%CPI 7.0%BJS 5.3%OTH 15.3%
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.