Sonbarsa
Winner — 1962
Sonbarsa was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.8% — fewer than 424 votes separated winner from runner-up.
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SITARAM MAHTO | IND | 25,663 | 46.7% |
| 2 | RAM NANDAN RAI | INC | 25,239 | 45.9% |
| 3 | ANAND BHAGAT | IND | 2,084 | 3.8% |
| 4 | UDIT NARAIN PURBEY | Swatantra Party | 1,136 | 2.1% |
| 5 | NASIRUDDIN HYDER KHAN | IND | 863 | 1.6% |
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.
Average turnout (101st), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
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