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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 258 · 1951

Dhanbad

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Winner — 1951

PURUSHOTAM CHOUHAN
INC
INC 54.6%BJS 17.1%6 others 28.3%
Votes
10,253
54.6% share
Winning margin
7,038
37.5% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
36.4%
of 51,619

Dhanbad is a safe seat — PURUSHOTAM CHOUHAN won by 37.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PURUSHOTAM CHOUHAN
INC
10,25354.6%
2
RAMESH CHANDRA BHATTACHARJEE
BJS
3,21517.1%
3
MAHESH DESAI
SP
2,14511.4%
4
MUKUT DHARI SINGH
IND
1,1566.2%
5
RAM DHARI PRASAD SAO
IND
7674.1%
6
THAKUR PRASAD
IND
6633.5%
7
FANILAL GUPTA
IND
3311.8%
8
HIRENDRA NATH CHATERJEE
IND
2581.4%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

A two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
37.5%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 16.0% · min 1.3% · max 37.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.77
fewer partiesmore parties

How much NOTA?

SEAT
— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
330 seats · 166 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.77EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 54.6%BJS 17.1%SP 11.4%IND 6.2%OTH 10.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
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