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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 250 · 1980

Gaya Town

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Winner — 1980

JAI KUMAR PALIT
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 28.2%CPI 23.5%10 others 48.3%
Votes
18,530
28.2% share
Winning margin
3,111
4.7% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
50.3%
of 1,30,691

A closely fought contest. JAI KUMAR PALIT won with a 4.7% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAI KUMAR PALIT
INC(I)
Congress (I)
18,53028.2%
2
SHAKIL AHMAD KHAN
CPI
Left
15,41923.5%
3
DEVENDRA PRASAD
BJP
BJP
14,14021.5%
4
YUGAL KISHORE PRASAD
INC(U)
11,50317.5%
5
SUSHILA SAHAY
JNP(JP)
3,8665.9%
6
GOPAL LAL MAHTO
IND
7491.1%
7
GANESH PRASAD
JNP(SR)
4520.7%
8
TAPASWI SHARMA
IND
2830.4%
9
SHAMBHU SHARMA
IND
2390.4%
10
MD. ISMAIL
IND
1850.3%
11
TRIPURARI SOTI
IND
1830.3%
12
RAGHUNATH PRASAD
IND
1450.2%

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 fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
4.7%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 11.4% · min 3.8% · max 25.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
50%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
4.24
fewer partiesmore parties

How much NOTA?

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— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
4.24EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 28.2%CPI 23.5%BJP 21.5%INC(U) 17.5%JNP(JP) 5.9%OTH 3.4%

Who ran, on record?

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