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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 261 · 1957

Daltonganj

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Winner — 1957

UMESHWARI CHARAN
PSP· Praja Socialist Party
PSP 31.0%JHP 29.3%3 others 39.8%
Votes
7,047
31.0% share
Winning margin
388
1.7% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
39.0%
of 58,366

Daltonganj was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.7% — fewer than 388 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history
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All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
UMESHWARI CHARAN
PSP
7,04731.0%
2
RAJESHWAR PRASAD AGARWAL
JHP
6,65929.3%
3
AMIYA KUMAR GHOSH
INC
5,75125.3%
4
CHINTAMANI DUBEY
CNPSPJP
2,94913.0%
5
HARIHAR SINGH
IND
3451.5%

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
lean
1.7%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 13.5% · min 0.4% · max 46.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
57%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
5.46
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
5.46EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 31.0%JHP 29.3%INC 25.3%CNPSPJP 13.0%OTH 1.5%

Who ran, on record?

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