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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 291 · 1980
Jamshedpur East
Winner — 1980
DINANATH PANDEY
BJP· BJP
BJP 36.0%INC(I) 35.8%9 others 28.2%
Votes
19,208
36.0% share
Winning margin
115
0.2% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
43.7%
of 1,22,111
Jamshedpur East was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.2% — fewer than 115 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
11 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DINANATH PANDEY | BJP | 19,208 | 36.0% |
| 2 | RAMASHRAY PRASAD |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 19,093 | 35.8% |
| 3 | RAJKISHORE SINGH | Left | 8,390 | 15.7% |
| 4 | BALDEO SINGH | 3,259 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | RAM BHAGWAN RAI | JNP(SC) | 1,768 | 3.3% |
| 6 | BIJAY KUMAR SINGH | JNP(JP) | 580 | 1.1% |
| 7 | MANGAL PRASAD | JNP(SR) | 306 | 0.6% |
| 8 | R. L. P. SINGH | IND | 273 | 0.5% |
| 9 | RAM SHOBHIT SINGH | IND | 239 | 0.5% |
| 10 | RADHESHYAM SINGH | IND | 173 | 0.3% |
| 11 | AJAI SHANKAR MAITY | JKD | 79 | 0.1% |
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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.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe0.2%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 15.2% · min 0.2% · max 43.6%
How contested is turnout?
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50%
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How crowded is the field?
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2.17
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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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2.17EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 36.0%INC(I) 35.8%CPM 15.7%INC(U) 6.1%OTH 6.4%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED