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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 258 · 1980Reserved (SC)

Rajauli

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Winner — 1980

BANWARI RAM
JNP(JP)
JNP(JP) 32.8%BJP 30.0%8 others 37.2%
Votes
25,648
32.8% share
Winning margin
2,173
2.8% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
55.4%
of 1,41,226

A closely fought contest. BANWARI RAM won with a 2.8% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BANWARI RAM
JNP(JP)
25,64832.8%
2
BABU LAL
BJP
BJP
23,47530.0%
3
KESHAV RAM
INC(I)
Congress (I)
14,78218.9%
4
MANOHAR PASWAN
JNP(SC)
11,20214.3%
5
BHAGIRATH MANJHI
IND
1,2001.5%
6
KARU BHUIAN
IND
7491.0%
7
SURAJ MANJHI
IND
3920.5%
8
CHANDRIKA RAM
IND
3600.5%
9
SUKHDEO RAM
JNP(SR)
2780.4%
10
BAIJNATH SINGH
IND
1630.2%

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 two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
2.8%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 16.0% · min 1.3% · max 37.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.77
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
2.77EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP(JP) 32.8%BJP 30.0%INC(I) 18.9%JNP(SC) 14.3%OTH 4.0%

Who ran, on record?

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