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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 298 · 1985Reserved (ST)

Manoharpur

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Winner — 1985

DEVENDRA MANJHI
IND
IND 37.3%INC 21.3%8 others 41.3%
Votes
16,504
37.3% share
Winning margin
7,069
16.0% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
44.4%
of 99,719

Manoharpur is a safe seat — DEVENDRA MANJHI won by 16.0%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DEVENDRA MANJHI
IND
16,50437.3%
2
SATRUGHAN BODRA
INC
INC
9,43521.3%
3
RATNAKAR NAIK
IND
6,64615.0%
4
PAUL BHENGRA
JMM
5,69512.9%
5
BOBIND CHANDRA PURTY
BJP
BJP
2,2135.0%
6
ABRAHAN JOJO
IND
1,7243.9%
7
PRABHU DAYAL BAGE
LKD
Lok Dal
1,4763.3%
8
RAM GANES MUNDARI
IND
2010.5%
9
SAMSON RICHARD
IND
1950.4%
10
SALAI BODRA
IND
1370.3%

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.

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A fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
16.0%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 15.6% · min 0.3% · max 33.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
62%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
4.51
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
4.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 37.3%INC 21.3%IND 15.0%JMM 12.9%BJP 5.0%OTH 8.4%

Who ran, on record?

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