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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 245 · 1980

Jahanabad

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Winner — 1980

TARA GUPTA
INC(U)
INC(U) 39.2%INC(I) 30.8%7 others 30.0%
Votes
44,822
39.2% share
Winning margin
9,583
8.4% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
78.2%
of 1,46,224

A clear win with a 8.4% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
TARA GUPTA
INC(U)
44,82239.2%
2
FIDA HUSSAIN
INC(I)
Congress (I)
35,23930.8%
3
SHYAM NARAIN SINGH
JNP(JP)
16,76114.7%
4
JANG BAHADUR SINGH
JNP(SR)
8,2797.2%
5
RAM CHANDER SINGH YADAV
JNP(SC)
4,4053.9%
6
MOHAN SINGH
IND
2,5922.3%
7
RAMDIP SINGH
SSD
1,3431.2%
8
SACHITA NAND SHARMA
BJP
BJP
5670.5%
9
SHEO BHAJAN SINGH
IND
3520.3%

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.

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A two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
8.4%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 15.4% · min 7.5% · max 25.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.61
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
2.61EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(U) 39.2%INC(I) 30.8%JNP(JP) 14.7%JNP(SR) 7.2%OTH 8.1%

Who ran, on record?

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