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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 289 · 1980Reserved (ST)

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Winner — 1980

SANATAN SARDAR
BJP· BJP
BJP 34.7%IND 27.3%5 others 38.0%
Votes
12,346
34.7% share
Winning margin
2,612
7.3% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
29.7%
of 1,19,936

A clear win with a 7.3% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SANATAN SARDAR
BJP
BJP
12,34634.7%
2
SALKHAN MURMU
IND
9,73427.4%
3
SANATAN MAJHI
INC(I)
Congress (I)
9,48226.6%
4
MAHANDAR CHANDRA SARDAR
SUC
2,9018.2%
5
SUNARAM SARDAR
IND
6041.7%
6
DHARMU CHARAN MURMU
JKD
4031.1%
7
ANAND KUMAR HEMBRAM
IND
1260.3%

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.

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A fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
7.3%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 21.9% · min 4.1% · max 56.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
52%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
4.95
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
4.95EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 34.7%IND 27.4%INC(I) 26.6%SUC 8.2%OTH 3.2%

Who ran, on record?

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