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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 268 · 1980

Mandu

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Winner — 1980

RAMNIKA GUPTA
JNP(SC)
JNP(SC) 33.2%INC(I) 31.3%8 others 35.4%
Votes
17,411
33.2% share
Winning margin
990
1.9% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
38.3%
of 1,36,848

Mandu was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.9% — fewer than 990 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history
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All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAMNIKA GUPTA
JNP(SC)
17,41133.2%
2
TAPESHWAR DEO
INC(I)
Congress (I)
16,42131.3%
3
TEKLAL MAHTO
JMM
9,09217.4%
4
GOPAL SHARAN SINGH
JNP(JP)
3,7677.2%
5
RAM CHANDRA SHARMA LAL
IND
3,0695.9%
6
MURARI MOHAN TEWARI
BJP
BJP
9641.8%
7
MOTI RAM
INC(U)
8851.7%
8
PARAS NATH MAHTO
IND
3300.6%
9
JOHN PANKAJ
IND
2690.5%
10
RAM HARI PRASAD
JNP(SR)
1980.4%

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
1.9%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 20.6% · min 1.9% · max 54.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
51%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
4.32
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
4.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP(SC) 33.2%INC(I) 31.3%JMM 17.4%JNP(JP) 7.2%IND 5.9%OTH 5.0%

Who ran, on record?

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