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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 303 · 1980Reserved (ST)
Khunti
Winner — 1980
SAMU PAHAN
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 57.4%BJP 35.4%4 others 7.2%
Votes
11,960
57.4% share
Winning margin
4,585
22.0% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
22.6%
of 92,323
Khunti is a safe seat — SAMU PAHAN won by 22.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SAMU PAHAN |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 11,960 | 57.4% |
| 2 | HATHIRAM MUNDA | BJP | 7,375 | 35.4% |
| 3 | JOHAN PAHAN | JKD | 534 | 2.6% |
| 4 | JOHN SINGH MUNDA | IND | 498 | 2.4% |
| 5 | DURGA PRASAD SINGH | JNP(JP) | 361 | 1.7% |
| 6 | KAMLA HEMBREM | IND | 107 | 0.5% |
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.
A two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe22.0%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 19.2% · min 1.3% · max 54.1%
How contested is turnout?
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56%
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How crowded is the field?
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2.72
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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2.72EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 57.4%BJP 35.4%OTH 7.2%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED