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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 262 · 1972

Giridih

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Winner — 1972

CHATURANAN MISHRA
CPI· Left
CPI 47.4%BJS 30.8%4 others 21.8%
Votes
19,734
47.4% share
Winning margin
6,894
16.5% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
43.5%
of 95,683

Giridih is a safe seat — CHATURANAN MISHRA won by 16.5%.

Seat history
⚖ Compare 1969 vs 1972

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHATURANAN MISHRA
CPI
Left
19,73447.4%
2
BHAGAT SINGH
BJS
Grand Alliance
12,84030.8%
3
RAGHUNANDAN RAM
NCO
5,47413.1%
4
SARJU PANDEY
CPM
Left
1,4373.5%
5
NONI HANSDA
PHJ
1,2663.0%
6
SHANKAR LAL RUNGTA
IND
9192.2%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

A two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
16.5%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 16.5% · min 5.6% · max 25.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
63%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.62
fewer partiesmore parties

How much NOTA?

SEAT
— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.62EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 47.4%BJS 30.8%NCO 13.1%OTH 8.7%

Who ran, on record?

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