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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 266 · 1980

Barkagaon

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Winner — 1980

RAMENDRA KUMAR
CPI· Left
CPI 39.3%INC(I) 15.0%15 others 45.7%
Votes
23,936
39.3% share
Winning margin
14,820
24.4% of votes
Total candidates
17
Turnout
44.6%
of 1,36,506

Barkagaon is a safe seat — RAMENDRA KUMAR won by 24.4%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

17 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAMENDRA KUMAR
CPI
Left
23,93639.3%
2
KAILASH PATI SINGH
INC(I)
Congress (I)
9,11615.0%
3
BASANTI DEVI
JNP(SC)
7,92113.0%
4
MAHANDRA PRATAP SINGH
INC(U)
6,74911.1%
5
NIRMAL SINGH
BJP
BJP
4,5457.5%
6
MD. NAYEEM
JNP(SR)
2,9524.8%
7
JAGARNATH RAM
IND
1,0441.7%
8
SATYANDRA SINGH
IND
9121.5%
9
GULAM MUSTAFA
IND
7361.2%
10
SULTAN
JMM
6751.1%
11
YUGAL KISHORE RAM
IND
5851.0%
12
MIAN JAN MIAN
JKD
5160.8%
13
YOGENDRA PRASAD
IND
4570.8%
14
RAJENDRA PRASAD
JNP(JP)
2750.5%
15
RAM KUMAR OJHA
IND
1860.3%
16
SURENDRA PATHAK
IND
1560.3%
17
UPENDRA NATH VARMA
SSD
1020.2%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

A fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
24.4%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 19.0% · min 3.9% · max 51.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
47%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
4.47
fewer partiesmore parties

How much NOTA?

SEAT
— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
4.47EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 39.3%INC(I) 15.0%JNP(SC) 13.0%INC(U) 11.1%BJP 7.5%OTH 14.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
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