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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 249 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Ranchi

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Winner — 1957

JAGANNATH MAHTO
JHP
Also elected — same seat
RAMRATAN RAM
INC· 13,386 votes
JHP 20.0%INC 19.5%8 others 60.5%
Votes
13,778
20.0% share
Winning margin
446
0.6% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
28.9%
of 1,19,128

Ranchi was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.6% — fewer than 446 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history
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All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAGANNATH MAHTO
JHP
13,77820.0%
2
RAMRATAN RAM
INC
13,38619.5%
3
SACHITANAND RAM
JHP
13,33219.4%
4
BHARAT MAHTO
INC
13,30819.4%
5
BISHNU DUTT SAHU
IND
5,0947.4%
6
GOVIND DEO BRAHMACHARI
IND
3,4455.0%
7
SYED MOIUDDIN AHMAD
IND
2,2343.3%
8
MOHIUDDIN SHEIKH
IND
1,7582.6%
9
HARIDAS DEV SINGH
IND
1,4512.1%
10
J. C. HAYWARD
IND
9671.4%

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 fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.6%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 17.0% · min 0.7% · max 45.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.84
fewer partiesmore parties

How much NOTA?

SEAT
— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.84EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JHP 20.0%INC 19.5%JHP 19.4%INC 19.4%IND 7.4%IND 5.0%OTH 9.3%

Who ran, on record?

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