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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 260 · 1972Reserved (SC)
Gawan
Winner — 1972
TANESHWAR AZAD
INC· Congress (R)
INC 53.3%BJS 34.0%3 others 12.7%
Votes
12,842
53.3% share
Winning margin
4,662
19.4% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
26.3%
of 91,568
Gawan is a safe seat — TANESHWAR AZAD won by 19.4%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TANESHWAR AZAD | Congress (R) | 12,842 | 53.3% |
| 2 | BABULAL CHAUDHURY | Grand Alliance | 8,180 | 34.0% |
| 3 | MANI PAL DAS | 1,668 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | RAM KRISHANA RAM | 1,116 | 4.6% | |
| 5 | HARIHAR RABIDAS | IND | 284 | 1.2% |
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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lean19.4%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 14.3% · min 3.3% · max 46.0%
How contested is turnout?
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79%
lowerhigher
How crowded is the field?
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2.42
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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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2.42EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 53.3%BJS 34.0%NCO 6.9%OTH 5.8%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED