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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 273 · 1972

Jaridih

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Winner — 1972

CHHATRU RAM MAHTON
BJS· Grand Alliance
BJS 23.4%CPI 22.9%9 others 53.7%
Votes
8,552
23.4% share
Winning margin
206
0.6% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
31.6%
of 1,15,291

Jaridih was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.6% — fewer than 206 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history
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All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHHATRU RAM MAHTON
BJS
Grand Alliance
8,55223.4%
2
MANZURUL HASSAN KHAN
CPI
Left
8,34622.9%
3
THAKUR ARJU PD. SINGH
IND
7,29620.0%
4
SHED CHARAN MANJHI
JKP
4,98413.7%
5
SUKHDEO MAHTON
HSD
2,0345.6%
6
CHANDRA KISHORE MAHTON
SOP
1,9315.3%
7
KAGDAMB PD. BHAGAT
NCO
1,2663.5%
8
KEDAR NATH MAHTHA
IND
1,1633.2%
9
MANESH RAM MAJHI
JKD
6821.9%
10
DINESH KUMAR CHAUBEY
IND
1150.3%
11
S. N. KHAN
IND
1110.3%

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
0.6%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 17.0% · min 0.6% · max 50.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
62%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.97
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
2.97EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJS 23.4%CPI 22.9%IND 20.0%JKP 13.7%HSD 5.6%SOP 5.3%OTH 9.2%

Who ran, on record?

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