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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 275 · 1985

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Winner — 1985

OM LAL AZAD
CPI· Left
CPI 36.8%INC 25.8%7 others 37.4%
Votes
19,006
36.8% share
Winning margin
5,696
11.0% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
43.5%
of 1,18,832

A clear win with a 11.0% margin.

Seat history
⚖ Compare 1980 vs 1985

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
OM LAL AZAD
CPI
Left
19,00636.8%
2
URMILA DEVI
INC
INC
13,31025.8%
3
JYOTINDRA PRASAD
IND
8,44616.4%
4
RAJ KISHORE RAM
JMM
5,66611.0%
5
RITLAL PRASAD VERMA
BJP
BJP
3,8727.5%
6
GOPAL KRISHNA PRASAD
IND
6651.3%
7
VIKAS CHAND GOSWAMI
IND
5041.0%
8
SHANKAR MISHRA
IND
1500.3%
9
ARJUN PANDEY
IND
380.1%

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.

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A fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
11.0%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 15.0% · min 1.1% · max 37.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
49%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
5.03
fewer partiesmore parties

How much NOTA?

SEAT
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Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
5.03EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 36.8%INC 25.8%IND 16.4%JMM 11.0%BJP 7.5%OTH 2.6%

Who ran, on record?

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