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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 250 · 1985

Gaya Town

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Winner — 1985

JAI KUMAR PALIT
INC· INC
INC 43.4%CPI 33.0%14 others 23.6%
Votes
34,450
43.4% share
Winning margin
8,270
10.4% of votes
Total candidates
16
Turnout
53.6%
of 1,48,093

A clear win with a 10.4% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

16 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAI KUMAR PALIT
INC
INC
34,45043.4%
2
SHAKIL AHMAD KHAN
CPI
Left
26,18033.0%
3
PURNA NAND TARWAY
BJP
BJP
9,21311.6%
4
YUGAL KISHORE PRASAD
LKD
Lok Dal
6,4908.2%
5
DHIRENDRA
IND
1,1601.5%
6
BAIJ NATH SAO
IND
5180.7%
7
VIJOY KUMAR AMBASTH
JNP
Janata
4840.6%
8
SHYAMJI GAYAB
IND
2590.3%
9
NAWLESH BARTHNAR
IND
1490.2%
10
SHAMBHU SHARMA PRASAD
IND
1350.2%
11
VIJAY KUMAR SETH
IND
1130.1%
12
SURESH KUMAR SINHA
IND
660.1%
13
MD. SALIM
IND
530.1%
14
RAGHU NATH PRASAD
IND
410.1%
15
LAKHAN PRASAD
IND
400.1%
16
ABHAI KUMAR SINGHA
IND
310.0%

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
lean
10.4%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 11.4% · min 3.8% · max 25.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
50%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
4.24
fewer partiesmore parties

How much NOTA?

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Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
4.24EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 43.4%CPI 33.0%BJP 11.6%LKD 8.2%OTH 3.8%

Who ran, on record?

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