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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 255 · 1972Reserved (SC)
Rajauli
Winner — 1972
BANWARI RAM
INC· Congress (R)
INC 51.3%BJS 32.1%3 others 16.6%
Votes
24,842
51.3% share
Winning margin
9,312
19.2% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
41.8%
of 1,15,745
Rajauli is a safe seat — BANWARI RAM won by 19.2%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BANWARI RAM | Congress (R) | 24,842 | 51.3% |
| 2 | BABU LAL | Grand Alliance | 15,530 | 32.1% |
| 3 | SHANTY DEVI | 5,277 | 10.9% | |
| 4 | SUKH DEO PRASAD | 2,462 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | KAMESHWAR RABIDAS | IND | 286 | 0.6% |
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.
A two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe19.2%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 15.4% · min 0.1% · max 44.2%
How contested is turnout?
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56%
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How crowded is the field?
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2.83
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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2.83EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 51.3%BJS 32.1%NCO 10.9%SOP 5.1%OTH 0.6%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED