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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 281 · 1977

Baghmara

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Winner — 1977

SHANKAR DAYAL SINGH
INC· INC
INC 45.8%JNP 18.5%18 others 35.7%
Votes
21,937
45.8% share
Winning margin
13,102
27.4% of votes
Total candidates
20
Turnout
43.2%
of 1,10,729

Baghmara is a safe seat — SHANKAR DAYAL SINGH won by 27.4%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

20 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHANKAR DAYAL SINGH
INC
INC
21,93745.8%
2
RAM AYODHYA SINGH
JNP
Janata
8,83518.4%
3
RAM NANDAN SINGH YADAV
IND
6,75614.1%
4
K.P. LALA
IND
1,7083.6%
5
SAKAL DEO SINGH
IND
1,3982.9%
6
MADAN MOHAN SINGH
IND
9372.0%
7
JAFFRUDDIN
IND
9071.9%
8
JAGIR SINGH
IND
8401.8%
9
SHAMBHU PRASAD SINGH
IND
7611.6%
10
LAL DAS BIHARI
IND
6761.4%
11
KRISHNA BALLAV SAHAY
IND
6141.3%
12
RAMAWATAR CHAUHAN
IND
5261.1%
13
RAMESHWAR SINGH
IND
4330.9%
14
LAL BABU SINGH
IND
4030.8%
15
S.H. KHAN
IND
3990.8%
16
B.N. LALA
IND
2150.5%
17
SHAHEB DAYAL SINGH
IND
1720.4%
18
AMBIKA PRA. BISHBAKARMA
IND
1630.3%
19
B.K. DUBEY
IND
1230.3%
20
AJOY KUMAR LAKH
IND
720.1%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

A two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
27.4%
— 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
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.91EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 45.8%JNP 18.4%IND 14.1%OTH 21.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
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