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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 277 · 1962

Dhanbad

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Winner — 1962

SHEORAJ PRASAD
INC· INC
INC 50.3%SWA 10.8%11 others 38.9%
Votes
16,704
50.3% share
Winning margin
13,113
39.5% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
47.1%
of 70,486

Dhanbad is a safe seat — SHEORAJ PRASAD won by 39.5%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHEORAJ PRASAD
INC
INC
16,70450.3%
2
ABDUL KHALIQUE ANSARI
SWA
Swatantra Party
3,59110.8%
3
KANAI LAL PAL
CPI
Left
2,9538.9%
4
GAUTAM KUMAR
BJS
2,6808.1%
5
HIT NARAYAN SINGH
PSP
Praja Socialist Party
2,4657.4%
6
HUKAMCHAND BHUTANI
IND
2,3737.2%
7
ANIRUDH JHA
IND
5741.7%
8
DAHU SAH
IND
4901.5%
9
BASANT SAH
SOC
4361.3%
10
BALESHWAR PRASAD
IND
3411.0%
11
SUKHLAL NONIA
IND
2780.8%
12
SAGARMAL SHARMA
JP
1760.5%
13
SHYAM SUNDER AGARWAL
IND
1350.4%

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 fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
39.5%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 20.5% · min 0.6% · max 58.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
52%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.57
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
3.57EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 50.3%SWA 10.8%CPI 8.9%BJS 8.1%PSP 7.4%IND 7.2%OTH 7.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
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