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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 289 · 1990Reserved (ST)

Potka

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Winner — 1990

HARI RAM SARDAR
JMM
JMM 33.9%BJP 14.8%15 others 51.3%
Votes
24,253
33.9% share
Winning margin
13,647
19.1% of votes
Total candidates
17
Turnout
43.1%
of 1,66,130

Potka is a safe seat — HARI RAM SARDAR won by 19.1%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

17 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HARI RAM SARDAR
JMM
24,25333.9%
2
MEGH LAL TUDU
BJP
BJP
10,60614.8%
3
NARESH KUMAR MUDMU
IND
10,07014.1%
4
SANATAN SARDAR
INC
INC
8,06811.3%
5
ASTIK SARDAR
CPI
Left
5,9198.3%
6
HIKIM CHANDRA TUDU
JD
National Front
4,0705.7%
7
GIOPI NATH SOREN
JKD
3,0204.2%
8
RODEYA SOREN
IND
1,8282.5%
9
KUCHAR CHAND MARDI
IND
1,3941.9%
10
MANJHI RASRAJ TUDU
IND
8311.2%
11
PRAFULLA SARDAAR
IND
4600.6%
12
BIKAM TUDU
JNP(JP)
3040.4%
13
CHOTO RAI HANSDA
IND
2290.3%
14
MAN SINGH MURMU
IND
2150.3%
15
MEWALAL BHUMIJ
IND
1360.2%
16
LALL MARDI
IND
1140.2%
17
RATNAKAR SINGH
IND
640.1%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

A fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
19.1%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 21.9% · min 4.1% · max 56.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
52%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
4.95
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
4.95EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JMM 33.9%BJP 14.8%IND 14.1%INC 11.3%CPI 8.3%JD 5.7%OTH 12.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
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