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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 255 · 1962

Nawada

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Winner — 1962

GAURISHANKER KESHARI
BJS
BJS 33.8%INC 32.4%5 others 33.8%
Votes
14,730
33.8% share
Winning margin
614
1.4% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
49.8%
of 87,610

Nawada was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.4% — fewer than 614 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history
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All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GAURISHANKER KESHARI
BJS
14,73033.8%
2
SALAHUDDIN KHAN
INC
INC
14,11632.4%
3
BINDESHWARI PRASAD SINGH
IND
10,13323.2%
4
ALAKH NARAIN
SWA
Swatantra Party
2,0934.8%
5
DWARKA PRASAD OJ
PSP
Praja Socialist Party
1,2172.8%
6
TANIK NARAIN SINGH
IND
6881.6%
7
BHAGWAT SINGH
IND
6211.4%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

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
1.4%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 15.4% · min 0.1% · max 44.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
56%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.83
fewer partiesmore parties

How much NOTA?

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— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.83EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJS 33.8%INC 32.4%IND 23.2%OTH 10.6%

Who ran, on record?

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