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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 248 · 1972Reserved (SC)

Bodh Gaya

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Winner — 1972

BALIK RAM
CPI· Left
CPI 45.5%NCO 26.6%3 others 27.9%
Votes
15,685
45.5% share
Winning margin
6,504
18.9% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
34.4%
of 1,00,340

Bodh Gaya is a safe seat — BALIK RAM won by 18.9%.

Seat history
⚖ Compare 1969 vs 1972

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BALIK RAM
CPI
Left
15,68545.5%
2
YAMUNA PRASAD
NCO
9,18126.6%
3
KALI RAM
BJS
Grand Alliance
4,10811.9%
4
RAM NARESH PRASAD
IND
3,1179.0%
5
RAJESH KUMAR
SOP
2,3956.9%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

A two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
18.9%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 13.2% · min 1.2% · max 26.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.62
fewer partiesmore parties

How much NOTA?

SEAT
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Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.62EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 45.5%NCO 26.6%BJS 11.9%IND 9.0%SOP 6.9%

Who ran, on record?

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