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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 312 · 1985Reserved (ST)

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Winner — 1985

NIRMAL KUMAR BESRA
BJP· BJP
BJP 33.3%INC 26.1%7 others 40.6%
Votes
15,248
33.3% share
Winning margin
3,291
7.2% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
41.7%
of 1,09,754

A clear win with a 7.2% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NIRMAL KUMAR BESRA
BJP
BJP
15,24833.3%
2
ERNEST PURTY
INC
INC
11,95726.1%
3
MANGRET BILUNG
IND
6,95215.2%
4
STANISLAS KINDO
IND
5,22111.4%
5
JYOTI PRAKASH TIRKEY
IND
2,7946.1%
6
VICTOR EKKA
JMM
2,1594.7%
7
BENJAMIN ORAON
IND
9032.0%
8
DEONIS MINJ
IND
3790.8%
9
REMIS KUJUR
IND
1770.4%

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

A two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
7.2%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 16.6% · min 1.8% · max 57.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
49%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.98
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
2.98EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 33.3%INC 26.1%IND 15.2%IND 11.4%IND 6.1%OTH 7.9%

Who ran, on record?

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