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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 263 · 1985

Barhi

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Winner — 1985

NIRANJAN PRASAD SINGH
INC· INC
INC 27.0%CPI 26.8%12 others 46.2%
Votes
12,082
27.0% share
Winning margin
104
0.2% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
42.3%
of 1,05,773

Barhi was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.2% — fewer than 104 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history
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All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NIRANJAN PRASAD SINGH
INC
INC
12,08227.0%
2
RAM LAKHAN SINGH
CPI
Left
11,97826.8%
3
UMA SHANKRA PRASAD AKELA
IND
6,55614.7%
4
RAYISH AHMAD KHAN
JMM
4,53210.1%
5
AMBIKA SINGH
JNP
Janata
4,0919.2%
6
ASHOK KUMAR YADAV
LKD
Lok Dal
1,3513.0%
7
RAM BRIKSHA SINGH
IND
1,1782.6%
8
SURESH PRASAD
BJP
BJP
6801.5%
9
VASUDEO PASI
IND
6741.5%
10
JAGDISH MEHTA
IND
4180.9%
11
BHARAT PATHAK
IND
3700.8%
12
ARJAN PAND
ICS
3510.8%
13
SARYA BHAGAT
IND
3420.8%
14
ABDUL RAZAK
IND
1160.3%

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

An essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.2%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 22.6% · min 0.2% · max 51.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.03
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
2.03EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 27.0%CPI 26.8%IND 14.7%JMM 10.1%JNP 9.2%OTH 12.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
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