Arrah
Winner — 1980
Arrah is a safe seat — S.M. ISA won by 34.5%.
All Candidates
15 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S.M. ISA |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 36,781 | 54.3% |
| 2 | SUMITRA DEVI | JNP(SC) | 13,392 | 19.8% |
| 3 | VIRENDRA PRASAD SINGH | BJP | 5,117 | 7.5% |
| 4 | LETAFAT HUSSAIN | JNP(SR) | 4,444 | 6.6% |
| 5 | MAHADEWA NAND GIRI | 2,541 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | SURENDRA PRASAD | JNP(JP) | 2,246 | 3.3% |
| 7 | CHANDESHWAR ROY | IND | 1,197 | 1.8% |
| 8 | KAPILDEO AKELA | IND | 468 | 0.7% |
| 9 | VINAY KUMAR CHOUDHARY | IND | 404 | 0.6% |
| 10 | DEVENDRA NATH MISHRA | IND | 272 | 0.4% |
| 11 | GUPTESHWAR PRASAD | IND | 235 | 0.3% |
| 12 | RAM EKBAL PRASAD | IND | 222 | 0.3% |
| 13 | KRISHNA GOVIND SINGH | IND | 200 | 0.3% |
| 14 | RAM JEE YADAV | IND | 113 | 0.2% |
| 15 | JAI PRAKASH DAS | IND | 100 | 0.1% |
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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.
Average turnout (176th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
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1 locationAncient Buddhistic images and sculptures colectted underneath a shed
Ancient Buddhistic images and sculptures colectted underneath a shed
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