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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 263 · 1972
Dumri
Winner — 1972
MURLI BHAGAT
INC· Congress (R)
INC 70.3%BJS 18.6%3 others 11.1%
Votes
19,182
70.3% share
Winning margin
14,118
51.7% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
31.5%
of 86,558
Dumri is a safe seat — MURLI BHAGAT won by 51.7%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MURLI BHAGAT | Congress (R) | 19,182 | 70.3% |
| 2 | KAILASH PATI SINGH | Grand Alliance | 5,064 | 18.6% |
| 3 | ANWAR ALI | 1,743 | 6.4% | |
| 4 | BASUDEO NANDAN PAHARI | IND | 730 | 2.7% |
| 5 | MARY SICILIA HEMBROM | JKD | 565 | 2.1% |
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.
An essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe51.7%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 22.6% · min 0.2% · max 51.7%
How contested is turnout?
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68%
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How crowded is the field?
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2.03
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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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2.03EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 70.3%BJS 18.6%NCO 6.4%OTH 4.8%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED