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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 258 · 1985Reserved (SC)

Rajauli

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Winner — 1985

BANWARI RAM
IND
IND 29.5%BJP 28.3%9 others 42.2%
Votes
24,992
29.5% share
Winning margin
1,081
1.3% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
53.4%
of 1,58,386

Rajauli was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.3% — fewer than 1,081 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history
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All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BANWARI RAM
IND
24,99229.5%
2
BABU LAL
BJP
BJP
23,91128.3%
3
RAMAND PASWAN
INC
INC
16,90520.0%
4
RAJARAM PASWAN
IND
8,49810.0%
5
MANOHAR PASWAN
LKD
Lok Dal
7,6459.0%
6
MOSAFIR RAM
CPI
Left
1,7842.1%
7
ARBIND KUMAR
IND
4440.5%
8
SATISH KUMAR
IND
1380.2%
9
BASO RAM
IND
1100.1%
10
NAGESHWAR DHOBI
IND
1070.1%
11
BHAGIRATH PRASAD
IND
1020.1%

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 two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.3%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 16.0% · min 1.3% · max 37.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.77
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
2.77EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 29.5%BJP 28.3%INC 20.0%IND 10.0%LKD 9.0%OTH 3.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
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