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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 282 · 1972
Baharagora
Winner — 1972
SHIBU RANJAN KHAN
INC· Congress (R)
INC 36.3%IND 35.6%5 others 28.2%
Votes
17,980
36.3% share
Winning margin
342
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
51.8%
of 95,793
Baharagora was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 342 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHIBU RANJAN KHAN | Congress (R) | 17,980 | 36.3% |
| 2 | HARADHAN GHOSH | IND | 17,638 | 35.6% |
| 3 | RAMESH CHANDRA DIGGAR | JKP | 9,229 | 18.6% |
| 4 | TARNI TARAN NAYAK | SUC | 3,545 | 7.2% |
| 5 | DEVENDRA MAHATO | 518 | 1.0% | |
| 6 | SHYAM CHANDRA HANSDA | JKD | 458 | 0.9% |
| 7 | SURAYEE HEMBROM | IND | 215 | 0.4% |
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 fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean0.7%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 9.3% · min 0.7% · max 39.7%
How contested is turnout?
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61%
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How crowded is the field?
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3.54
fewer partiesmore parties
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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3.54EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 36.3%IND 35.6%JKP 18.6%SUC 7.2%OTH 2.4%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED