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Bihar · PC 49 · 1998
Ranchi
Winner — Lok Sabha 1998
RAMTAHAL CHOUDHARY
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 57.2%INC 36.6%10 others 6.3%
Votes
3,98,022
58.1% share
Winning margin
1,43,580
21.0% of votes
Total votes cast
6,96,139
Candidates
12
Seat history
All Candidates
12 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAMTAHAL CHOUDHARY | NDA (NDA) | 3,98,022 | 58.1% |
| 2 | KESHAV MAHTO KAMLESH | 2,54,442 | 37.2% | |
| 3 | NAPENDRA KRISHNA MAHTO |  FBL | 9,038 | 1.3% |
| 4 | SHUBHENDU SEN | CPI(ML)(L) | 5,050 | 0.7% |
| 5 | BAHADUR SINGH | 4,606 | 0.7% | |
| 6 | RISHIKESH MAHTO | BJC | 4,056 | 0.6% |
| 7 | VISHWAMBHAR JHA | LS | 3,304 | 0.5% |
| 8 | SADHU LAL MUNDA | PSSS | 3,277 | 0.5% |
| 9 | SADANAND JHA | IND | 1,097 | 0.2% |
| 10 | ARUN TIWARI | IND | 770 | 0.1% |
| 11 | KUSESHBAR PD. YADAV | BKKGP | 671 | 0.1% |
| 12 | RAVENDRA KUMAR | IND | 462 | 0.1% |
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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safe21.0%
— 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 58.1%INC 37.2%OTH 4.7%
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.