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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 295 · 1967Reserved (ST)
Kharsawan
Winner — 1967
D. MATISAY
BJS· SVD (Samyukta Vidhayak Dal)
BJS 24.5%IND 23.8%7 others 51.6%
Votes
3,734
24.5% share
Winning margin
108
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
20.1%
of 75,774
Kharsawan was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 108 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D. MATISAY | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 3,734 | 24.5% |
| 2 | D. C. TAMSOY | IND | 3,626 | 23.8% |
| 3 | G. ORAON | IND | 2,165 | 14.2% |
| 4 | G. MURMU | INC | 1,837 | 12.1% |
| 5 | L. BODRA | IND | 1,482 | 9.7% |
| 6 | D. S. MUNDA | IND | 1,119 | 7.3% |
| 7 | L. MAJHI | Samyukta Socialist Party | 521 | 3.4% |
| 8 | J. SINGH | IND | 471 | 3.1% |
| 9 | M. S. HONHAGA | IND | 261 | 1.7% |
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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lean0.7%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 10.9% · min 0.7% · max 36.4%
How contested is turnout?
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61%
lowerhigher
How crowded is the field?
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4.03
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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4.03EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJS 24.5%IND 23.8%IND 14.2%INC 12.1%IND 9.7%IND 7.3%OTH 8.2%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED