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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 262 · 1962

Giridih

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Winner — 1962

RAGHUNANDAN RAM
INC· INC
INC 37.1%CPI 21.2%8 others 41.7%
Votes
11,136
37.1% share
Winning margin
4,757
15.8% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
44.3%
of 67,767

Giridih is a safe seat — RAGHUNANDAN RAM won by 15.8%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAGHUNANDAN RAM
INC
INC
11,13637.1%
2
CHATURANAN MISHRA
CPI
Left
6,37921.3%
3
IFTAKHAN JAN KHWAJA
SWA
Swatantra Party
5,68718.9%
4
GOPAL VEERA RAGHAVAN
PSP
Praja Socialist Party
2,8309.4%
5
BABA SWAROOP DAS
IND
1,1994.0%
6
BHUBNESHWAR PRASAD BARNWAL
BJS
1,0513.5%
7
CHUNDKA MURMU
JP
7102.4%
8
SHIV SHANKAR PANDEY
IND
5361.8%
9
RAM CHARAN RAM
IND
3081.0%
10
KRISHNA BALLABH SAHAY
IND
1890.6%

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
15.8%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 16.5% · min 5.6% · max 25.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
63%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.62
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
2.62EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 37.1%CPI 21.3%SWA 18.9%PSP 9.4%OTH 13.3%

Who ran, on record?

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