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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 298 · 1962

Ranchi

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Winner — 1962

BIRENDRA NATH RAY
INC· INC
INC 47.6%JP 26.5%9 others 25.9%
Votes
13,761
47.6% share
Winning margin
6,088
21.1% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
41.5%
of 69,735

Ranchi is a safe seat — BIRENDRA NATH RAY won by 21.1%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BIRENDRA NATH RAY
INC
INC
13,76147.6%
2
BISHNU DUTTA SAHU
JP
7,67326.5%
3
KULDIP SAHAY
BJS
2,0957.2%
4
SAMRUL HAQUE
IND
2,0267.0%
5
ABDUL RAUF ANSARI
SWA
Swatantra Party
1,7676.1%
6
IGNES KUJUR
IND
7642.6%
7
BAIJNATH RAM ORAON
IND
2420.8%
8
MOHIUDDIN AHMED
IND
2110.7%
9
HARIDAS SINGH DEO
IND
1670.6%
10
MAHENDRA PRASAD PANDEY
IND
1200.4%
11
JANAK KISHORE PRASAD
IND
990.3%

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.

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A fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
21.1%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 15.6% · min 0.3% · max 33.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
62%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
4.51
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
4.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 47.6%JP 26.5%BJS 7.2%IND 7.0%SWA 6.1%OTH 5.5%

Who ran, on record?

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