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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 271 · 1985

Dhanwar

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Winner — 1985

HARIHAR NARAYAN PRABHAKAR
BJP· BJP
BJP 26.0%INC 21.3%11 others 52.7%
Votes
15,464
26.0% share
Winning margin
2,768
4.7% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
45.8%
of 1,30,006

A closely fought contest. HARIHAR NARAYAN PRABHAKAR won with a 4.7% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HARIHAR NARAYAN PRABHAKAR
BJP
BJP
15,46426.0%
2
PUNIT ROY
INC
INC
12,69621.3%
3
GHULAM RASOOL ANSARI
IND
11,73519.7%
4
BHAGWAT PRASAD YADAV
IND
7,75213.0%
5
VIRENDRA PRASAD
LKD
Lok Dal
4,6227.8%
6
DEOKINANDAN SHARMA
JMM
3,3075.6%
7
BARKI MURMU
IND
1,1141.9%
8
MAHARAJ SINGH
IND
7981.3%
9
JAI PRAKASH SAHU
JNP
Janata
6241.1%
10
AWADESH DAS
IND
4600.8%
11
DIP CHAND GOEL
IND
4530.8%
12
SUDHIR PANDEY
IND
3250.6%
13
ANIL NARAYAN DEO
IND
1360.2%

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.

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A fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
4.7%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 14.1% · min 1.4% · max 51.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
4.97
fewer partiesmore parties

How much NOTA?

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— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
4.97EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 26.0%INC 21.3%IND 19.7%IND 13.0%LKD 7.8%JMM 5.6%OTH 6.6%

Who ran, on record?

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