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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 246 · 1980
Ghosi
Winner — 1980
JAGDISH SHARMA
BJP· BJP
BJP 52.9%CPI 46.5%1 others 0.7%
Votes
60,664
52.9% share
Winning margin
7,354
6.4% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
82.8%
of 1,38,555
A clear win with a 6.4% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
3 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JAGDISH SHARMA | BJP | 60,664 | 52.9% |
| 2 | RAMASHRAY PD. SINGH | Left | 53,310 | 46.5% |
| 3 | KEDAR PD. SHARMA |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 758 | 0.7% |
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.
An essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe6.4%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 15.8% · min 2.3% · max 41.8%
How contested is turnout?
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80%
lowerhigher
How crowded is the field?
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2.00
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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2.00EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 52.9%CPI 46.5%OTH 0.7%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED