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Bihar · PC 49 · 1996
Ranchi
Winner — Lok Sabha 1996
RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY
BJP· BJP
BJP 35.2%INC 28.8%24 others 36.1%
Votes
2,15,278
35.9% share
Winning margin
39,292
6.6% of votes
Total votes cast
6,11,980
Candidates
26
Seat history
All Candidates
26 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY | 2,15,278 | 35.9% | |
| 2 | KESHWA MAHTO KAMLESH | 1,75,986 | 29.4% | |
| 3 | ASHOK KUMAR SINGH | 1,58,449 | 26.5% | |
| 4 | BHAGWAN PD. BHAGAT | 11,504 | 1.9% | |
| 5 | FRANCIS SARBAS | IND | 7,831 | 1.3% |
| 6 | JITRAY MAHTO | IND | 5,584 | 0.9% |
| 7 | ASHISH KR. THAKUR | JMM(M) | 3,913 | 0.7% |
| 8 | SUKHNATH MUNDA | IND | 2,882 | 0.5% |
| 9 | AKHAMAR ANSARI | IND | 2,506 | 0.4% |
| 10 | UDAY SHANKAR PRASAD | IND | 2,030 | 0.3% |
| 11 | SADHU LAL MUNDA | PSSS | 1,792 | 0.3% |
| 12 | BALBHADRA DAS | IND | 1,440 | 0.2% |
| 13 | RADHYSHYAM SINGH | JKP | 1,196 | 0.2% |
| 14 | JAKARIA | ABLTASJM | 1,111 | 0.2% |
| 15 | CHHATRAPATI SHAHI MUNDA | AIIC(T) | 1,102 | 0.2% |
| 16 | RAJENDRA MAHTO | JKPP | 1,026 | 0.2% |
| 17 | BISHESWAR MAHTO | IND | 962 | 0.2% |
| 18 | NIRANJAN KUMAR | IND | 785 | 0.1% |
| 19 | UNIT KISHOR SAHU | IND | 731 | 0.1% |
| 20 | JAYRAM TIWARY | IND | 554 | 0.1% |
| 21 | KANHAI LAL SINGH | IND | 551 | 0.1% |
| 22 | SONA RAM BIRUWA | IND | 517 | 0.1% |
| 23 | SUSHIL SHARMA | IND | 351 | 0.1% |
| 24 | SANJAY KUMAR NAG | IND | 330 | 0.1% |
| 25 | RAJESHWAR PANDEY | IND | 259 | 0.0% |
| 26 | AJIT KUMAR | IND | 255 | 0.0% |
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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safe6.6%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 18.2% · min 0.1% · max 41.8%
How contested is turnout?
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52%
lowerhigher
How crowded is the field?
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2.02
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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2.02EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 35.9%INC 29.4%JD 26.5%OTH 8.2%
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.