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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 263 · 1980
Barhi
Winner — 1980
NIRANJAN PRASAD SINGH
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 30.4%CPI 24.2%7 others 45.4%
Votes
12,298
30.4% share
Winning margin
2,501
6.2% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
43.4%
of 93,172
A clear win with a 6.2% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NIRANJAN PRASAD SINGH |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 12,298 | 30.4% |
| 2 | RAM LAKHAN SINGH | Left | 9,797 | 24.2% |
| 3 | RAM NARAIN PRASAD YADAV | IND | 9,439 | 23.3% |
| 4 | W. H. RIZWI | IND | 2,748 | 6.8% |
| 5 | AMBIKA SINGH | 2,109 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | MURLI DHAR MEHTA | BJP | 1,624 | 4.0% |
| 7 | HARI LAL | IND | 1,063 | 2.6% |
| 8 | ALLAUDDIN AHMAD WARKATI | JNP(SR) | 762 | 1.9% |
| 9 | AWADH KISHORE SINGH | JNP(JP) | 593 | 1.5% |
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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.
LOADING SEAT HISTORY…
How safe is this seat?
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safe6.2%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 22.6% · min 0.2% · max 51.7%
How contested is turnout?
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68%
lowerhigher
How crowded is the field?
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2.03
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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2.03EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 30.4%CPI 24.2%IND 23.3%IND 6.8%INC(U) 5.2%OTH 10.0%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED