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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 320 · 1985

Garhwa

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Winner — 1985

GOPI NATH SINGH
BJP· BJP
BJP 25.2%INC 23.7%12 others 51.1%
Votes
13,155
25.2% share
Winning margin
806
1.5% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
41.0%
of 1,27,110

Garhwa was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.5% — fewer than 806 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history
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All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GOPI NATH SINGH
BJP
BJP
13,15525.2%
2
YUGAL KISHORE PANDEY
INC
INC
12,34923.7%
3
SIRAJ AHMAD
JNP
Janata
9,30617.8%
4
RAJENDRA CHAUBEY
IND
7,90315.2%
5
PREM SINGH
IND
2,2574.3%
6
VILLIUM MUNDA
IND
1,8063.5%
7
VISHWANATH RAM
IND
1,7343.3%
8
KAPIL DEO SINGH
IND
8331.6%
9
AKBAR ALI
LKD
Lok Dal
8181.6%
10
MUSLIM KARAR KADRI
IND
6871.3%
11
SHEO SHANKAR TIWARI
IND
5181.0%
12
GAUTAM KRISHNA SINHA
IND
4290.8%
13
ABDUL JABBAR KHAN
IND
2510.5%
14
SURYA NATH CHAUBEY
IND
1290.3%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

A fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.5%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 13.4% · min 1.0% · max 50.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
54%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.15
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
3.15EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 25.2%INC 23.7%JNP 17.8%IND 15.2%OTH 18.1%

Who ran, on record?

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