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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 301 · 1972
Ranchi
Winner — 1972
DEOPAT SAHU
INC· Congress (R)
INC 58.4%BJS 22.2%7 others 19.4%
Votes
27,704
58.4% share
Winning margin
17,160
36.2% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
44.4%
of 1,06,820
Ranchi is a safe seat — DEOPAT SAHU won by 36.2%.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEOPAT SAHU | Congress (R) | 27,704 | 58.4% |
| 2 | NANI GOPAL MITRA | Grand Alliance | 10,544 | 22.2% |
| 3 | KAMAKHYA NARAYAN SINGH | 5,645 | 11.9% | |
| 4 | DURGA BAGCHI | 1,674 | 3.5% | |
| 5 | VARUN GANGULI | JKD | 639 | 1.4% |
| 6 | JAKIR | IND | 453 | 1.0% |
| 7 | SITARAM PODDAR | IND | 331 | 0.7% |
| 8 | MOHANLAL PATHAK | Grand Alliance | 267 | 0.6% |
| 9 | PRABIR KUMAR GHOSH | JKP | 174 | 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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safe36.2%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 21.3% · min 4.0% · max 43.3%
How contested is turnout?
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52%
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How crowded is the field?
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3.53
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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3.53EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 58.4%BJS 22.2%NCO 11.9%OTH 7.5%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED