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Winner — 1972

GHANA SHYAM MAHATO
INC· Congress (R)
INC 46.6%JKP 31.3%5 others 22.1%
Votes
15,391
46.6% share
Winning margin
5,062
15.3% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
35.9%
of 91,848

Patamda is a safe seat — GHANA SHYAM MAHATO won by 15.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GHANA SHYAM MAHATO
Congress (R)
15,39146.6%
2
BISHWANATH MAHATO
JKP
10,32931.3%
3
K. K. MURMU
JKD
2,8468.6%
4
HIMANGSHU SHEKHAR MANDAL
1,5474.7%
5
SHYAM PADA MUKHERJEE
9783.0%
6
RANJAN KUMAR GUPTA
Grand Alliance
9632.9%
7
C. P. SINGH
ILP
9512.9%

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?

SEAT
lean
15.3%
NOT REPORTED
mean 12.2% · min 0.9% · max 34.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
52%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.14
fewer partiesmore parties

How much NOTA?

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NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.14EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.6%JKP 31.3%JKD 8.6%OTH 13.4%

Who ran, on record?

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NOT YET COMPUTED

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