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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 250 · 1977
Gaya Town
Winner — 1977
SUSHILA SAHAY
JNP· Janata
JNP 53.9%INC 37.9%16 others 8.2%
Votes
27,737
53.9% share
Winning margin
8,268
16.1% of votes
Total candidates
18
Turnout
46.2%
of 1,11,282
Gaya Town is a safe seat — SUSHILA SAHAY won by 16.1%.
Seat history
All Candidates
18 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUSHILA SAHAY | Janata | 27,737 | 53.9% |
| 2 | YUGAL KISHORE PRASAD | INC | 19,469 | 37.9% |
| 3 | GANESH PRASAD | IND | 1,145 | 2.2% |
| 4 | BIRENDRA KUMAR | IND | 536 | 1.0% |
| 5 | PARSURAM SINGH | IND | 535 | 1.0% |
| 6 | GIRBAR NARAYAN | IND | 324 | 0.6% |
| 7 | RAMA SKHANKAR SINGH | IND | 287 | 0.6% |
| 8 | NASIM AKHTAR | IND | 267 | 0.5% |
| 9 | CHARITAR SAW | IND | 263 | 0.5% |
| 10 | YOGENDRA SINGH | IND | 148 | 0.3% |
| 11 | AKHAURI NIRANJAN PRASAD | IND | 139 | 0.3% |
| 12 | BASANT KUMAR PATHIK | IND | 97 | 0.2% |
| 13 | SUNITA DEVI | IND | 95 | 0.2% |
| 14 | LAKHAN SINGH | IND | 92 | 0.2% |
| 15 | DEVENDRA PRASAD | IND | 88 | 0.2% |
| 16 | GOPAL MISHRA | IND | 81 | 0.2% |
| 17 | KAULESHWAR PRASAD | IND | 71 | 0.1% |
| 18 | KRISHNA PRASAD BHADANI | IND | 45 | 0.1% |
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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lean16.1%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 11.4% · min 3.8% · max 25.1%
How contested is turnout?
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50%
lowerhigher
How crowded is the field?
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4.24
fewer partiesmore parties
How much NOTA?
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— NOT REPORTEDWhere does the house stand?
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324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
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4.24EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 53.9%INC 37.9%OTH 8.2%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED