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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 267 · 1985
Ramgarh
Winner — 1985
JAMUNA PRASAD SHARMA
INC· INC
INC 33.8%CPI 33.1%8 others 33.1%
Votes
23,831
33.8% share
Winning margin
461
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
54.4%
of 1,29,750
Ramgarh was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 461 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JAMUNA PRASAD SHARMA | INC | 23,831 | 33.8% |
| 2 | SABIR AHMED QURESHI | Left | 23,370 | 33.1% |
| 3 | ARJUN RAM | 16,880 | 23.9% | |
| 4 | RIJHUNATH CHOUDHARY | BJP | 3,909 | 5.5% |
| 5 | UTAPANN KUMAR MUKHERJEE | Janata | 904 | 1.3% |
| 6 | GIRISH TIWARI | IND | 445 | 0.6% |
| 7 | SHEOKUMAR GANDHI | Lok Dal | 346 | 0.5% |
| 8 | BHOLA NATH GOSWAMI | IND | 337 | 0.5% |
| 9 | MD. MUSLIM | IND | 285 | 0.4% |
| 10 | MEGHNATH MAHTO | IND | 210 | 0.3% |
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.
A fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean0.7%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 12.3% · min 0.7% · max 37.0%
How contested is turnout?
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62%
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How crowded is the field?
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4.12
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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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4.12EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 33.8%CPI 33.1%JMM 23.9%BJP 5.5%OTH 3.6%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED