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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 320 · 1990

Garhwa

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Winner — 1990

GOPINATH SINGH
BJP· BJP
BJP 29.9%INC 28.9%20 others 41.2%
Votes
22,086
29.9% share
Winning margin
759
1.0% of votes
Total candidates
22
Turnout
46.8%
of 1,57,859

Garhwa was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.0% — fewer than 759 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history
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All Candidates

22 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GOPINATH SINGH
BJP
BJP
22,08629.9%
2
YUGAL KISHORE PANDEY
INC
INC
21,32728.9%
3
SIRADH AHMAD
IND
15,42720.9%
4
JAI PRAKASH MINZ
IPF
3,0174.1%
5
CHULHAN SINGH
IND
2,9374.0%
6
VINOD DIXIT
JD
National Front
2,6023.5%
7
BRAJESH KUMAR SINGH
JNP(JP)
9301.3%
8
KAMLESH PRASAD KESARI
IND
7101.0%
9
KEDARNATH YADAV
IND
6860.9%
10
JITAN URAON
IND
6430.9%
11
RAM SAGAR MAHARA
IND
5910.8%
12
RAM SAGAR URAON
IND
5600.8%
13
LAXMI RAM
IND
4460.6%
14
NAND KUMAR PANDEY
IND
3510.5%
15
KRISNA MURARI KESHARI
IND
3510.5%
16
MOHAN SINGH
DDP
2800.4%
17
RAMESHWAR PRASAD KESHARI
IND
2650.4%
18
RAM RAJ DUBEY ALIAS F. RAJESH GANDHI
IND
1840.3%
19
BASANT KUMAR KESHRI
IND
1700.2%
20
SHIV SHANKAR TIWARI
IND
1580.2%
21
BHIRGU NATH CHAUBEY
IND
690.1%
22
ASWADHESH RAM
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
lean
1.0%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 13.4% · min 1.0% · max 50.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
54%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

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3.15
fewer partiesmore parties

How much NOTA?

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Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.15EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 29.9%INC 28.9%IND 20.9%OTH 20.3%

Who ran, on record?

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