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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 303 · 1990Reserved (ST)
Khunti
Winner — 1990
SHUSHILA KERKETTA
INC· INC
INC 31.7%BJP 30.4%6 others 38.0%
Votes
21,769
31.7% share
Winning margin
887
1.3% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
58.4%
of 1,17,749
Khunti was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.3% — fewer than 887 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHUSHILA KERKETTA | INC | 21,769 | 31.7% |
| 2 | HATHI RAM MUNDA | BJP | 20,882 | 30.4% |
| 3 | NICOLASH GURIA | JKD | 17,837 | 25.9% |
| 4 | MELEN SOY | 5,158 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | MAHENDRA SINGH | IND | 1,268 | 1.8% |
| 6 | BUDHESH ORAN | 725 | 1.1% | |
| 7 | BIRENDRA JASPAL SINGH | National Front | 683 | 1.0% |
| 8 | MUKTI TIRKY | IND | 434 | 0.6% |
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.
A two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe1.3%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 19.2% · min 1.3% · max 54.1%
How contested is turnout?
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56%
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How crowded is the field?
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2.72
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How much NOTA?
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— NOT REPORTEDWhere does the house stand?
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324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.72EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 31.7%BJP 30.4%JKD 25.9%JMM 7.5%OTH 4.5%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED