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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 291 · 1967Reserved (ST)
Manoharpur
Winner — 1967
R. NAYAK
SSP· SVD (Samyukta Vidhayak Dal)
SSP 29.0%IND 27.5%3 others 43.5%
Votes
8,304
29.0% share
Winning margin
407
1.4% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
35.4%
of 81,079
Manoharpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.4% — fewer than 407 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R. NAYAK | Samyukta Socialist Party | 8,304 | 29.0% |
| 2 | J. BOIPAI | IND | 7,897 | 27.6% |
| 3 | M. S. PURTY | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 5,349 | 18.7% |
| 4 | S. DEOGAM | INC | 3,964 | 13.8% |
| 5 | J. RICHARD | IND | 3,152 | 11.0% |
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.
An essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe1.4%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 15.2% · min 0.2% · max 43.6%
How contested is turnout?
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50%
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How crowded is the field?
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2.17
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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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2.17EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SSP 29.0%IND 27.6%BJS 18.7%INC 13.8%IND 11.0%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED