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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 284 · 1977

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Winner — 1977

YOGESHWAR PRASAD 'YOGESH'
INC· INC
INC 33.9%JNP 29.1%21 others 36.9%
Votes
14,973
33.9% share
Winning margin
2,125
4.8% of votes
Total candidates
23
Turnout
38.7%
of 1,14,071

A closely fought contest. YOGESHWAR PRASAD 'YOGESH' won with a 4.8% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

23 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
YOGESHWAR PRASAD 'YOGESH'
INC
INC
14,97333.9%
2
KALAWATI DEVI
JNP
Janata
12,84829.1%
3
NIRMAL KUMAR CHATTERJEE
IND
4,60810.4%
4
CHINMAY MUKHERJEE
CPI
Left
3,4007.7%
5
SURJAN RAM
IND
1,4933.4%
6
B.N. LALA
IND
1,2212.8%
7
M.D. IKWAL
IND
1,0492.4%
8
VANI BANSH MAZUMDAR
IND
9422.1%
9
ANIL MUKHERJEE
IND
5501.3%
10
RAMJEE BHAGAT
IND
4511.0%
11
PRABHUNARAYAN KHANDELWAL
IND
4241.0%
12
M.P. VERMA
IND
3460.8%
13
SHIV PRASAD PANDEY
IND
3270.7%
14
DEV DAS SHARMA
IND
2370.5%
15
AWADH NARAYAN DUBEY
IND
2220.5%
16
PRADIP KUMAR BANERJEE
IND
2000.5%
17
R.K. PRASAD
IND
1400.3%
18
DWARIKA PRASAD SHARMA
IND
1390.3%
19
GOPI RAM AGARWAL
IND
1360.3%
20
KEDARNATH CHOURASIA
IND
1290.3%
21
RAJU MALAKAR
IND
1210.3%
22
NARAYAN MAHTO
JKD
1070.2%
23
SAHED DAYAL SINGH
IND
480.1%

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 fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
4.8%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 12.2% · min 0.9% · max 34.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
52%
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How crowded is the field?

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3.14
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How much NOTA?

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Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.14EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 33.9%JNP 29.1%IND 10.4%CPI 7.7%OTH 18.8%

Who ran, on record?

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