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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 281 · 1972

Jharia

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Winner — 1972

SHEO KUMAR RAI
CPI· Left
CPI 34.6%BJS 18.7%9 others 46.7%
Votes
15,310
34.6% share
Winning margin
7,009
15.8% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
50.4%
of 87,883

Jharia is a safe seat — SHEO KUMAR RAI won by 15.8%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHEO KUMAR RAI
CPI
Left
15,31034.6%
2
RAMDEO SINGH
BJS
Grand Alliance
8,30118.8%
3
HIT NARAIN SINGH
SOP
6,78915.3%
4
HEM CHANDRA CHAKRAVERTY
SUC
5,05411.4%
5
RAMDHANI SINGH
NCO
2,9836.7%
6
LALA B. P. SINHA
IND
2,3885.4%
7
SURJAN RAM
IND
1,5323.5%
8
BAL GOVIND SINGH
IND
9092.0%
9
LAKHI RAM MANJHI
IND
4641.1%
10
BABU LAL SULTANIA
IND
3130.7%
11
ABDUL HALIM KHAN
IND
2310.5%

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
15.8%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 17.1% · min 1.0% · max 34.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
59%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.91
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
2.91EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 34.6%BJS 18.8%SOP 15.3%SUC 11.4%NCO 6.7%IND 5.4%OTH 7.8%

Who ran, on record?

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