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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 261 · 1967
Jamua
Winner — 1967
S. PRASAD
INC· INC
INC 56.6%BJS 21.5%2 others 21.9%
Votes
18,989
56.6% share
Winning margin
11,784
35.1% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
38.0%
of 88,210
Jamua is a safe seat — S. PRASAD won by 35.1%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S. PRASAD | INC | 18,989 | 56.6% |
| 2 | R. L. P. VERMA | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 7,205 | 21.5% |
| 3 | I. N. SINGH | IND | 5,993 | 17.9% |
| 4 | S. PANDEY | Left | 1,345 | 4.0% |
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.
A fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean35.1%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 13.5% · min 0.4% · max 46.2%
How contested is turnout?
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57%
lowerhigher
How crowded is the field?
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5.46
fewer partiesmore parties
How much NOTA?
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— NOT REPORTEDWhere does the house stand?
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318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
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5.46EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 56.6%BJS 21.5%IND 17.9%OTH 4.0%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED