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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 262 · 1985

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Winner — 1985

RAJENDRA NATH DAWAN
INC· INC
INC 46.7%IND 40.0%10 others 13.3%
Votes
33,505
46.7% share
Winning margin
4,824
6.7% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
52.5%
of 1,36,753

A clear win with a 6.7% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAJENDRA NATH DAWAN
INC
INC
33,50546.7%
2
RAMESH PRASAD YADAV
IND
28,68140.0%
3
RAMESH SINGH
JNP
Janata
3,5525.0%
4
ABDUL RAZAQUE
IND
1,7682.5%
5
DARSHAN PRASAD
IND
1,5972.2%
6
VISHWANATH MODI
LKD
Lok Dal
9471.3%
7
DEO PRAKSAH YADAV
JMM
5920.8%
8
ARJUN MAHTO
IND
3210.5%
9
OM PRASAD SHARMA
IND
3000.4%
10
LAKHAN LAL DIXIT
IND
2150.3%
11
SADANAND SINGH
IND
1370.2%
12
MOHAMMAD ISRAR KORESHI
IND
1250.2%

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
6.7%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 16.5% · min 5.6% · max 25.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
63%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.62
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
2.62EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.7%IND 40.0%OTH 13.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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