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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 255 · 1980Reserved (SC)
Fatehpur
Winner — 1980
JITAN RAM MANJHI
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 47.7%INC(U) 26.3%8 others 25.9%
Votes
29,701
47.8% share
Winning margin
13,324
21.4% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
50.0%
of 1,24,507
Fatehpur is a safe seat — JITAN RAM MANJHI won by 21.4%.
Seat history
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JITAN RAM MANJHI | Congress (I) | 29,701 | 47.8% |
| 2 | RAM NARESH PRASAD | 16,377 | 26.3% | |
| 3 | KALI RAM | BJP | 6,832 | 11.0% |
| 4 | RADHA MOHAN PASWAN | JNP(JP) | 4,833 | 7.8% |
| 5 | MATHURA PRASAD | JNP(SC) | 1,831 | 2.9% |
| 6 | PREMAN MANJHI | IND | 1,622 | 2.6% |
| 7 | RAMDEO RAJAK | JNP(SR) | 330 | 0.5% |
| 8 | RAMDEO ARYA | IND | 262 | 0.4% |
| 9 | MUNSHI MANJHI | IND | 248 | 0.4% |
| 10 | DEOKI CHAUDHARY | IND | 170 | 0.3% |
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.
A two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe21.4%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 15.4% · min 0.1% · max 44.2%
How contested is turnout?
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56%
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How crowded is the field?
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2.83
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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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2.83EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 47.8%INC(U) 26.3%BJP 11.0%JNP(JP) 7.8%OTH 7.2%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED