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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 267 · 1995
Ramgarh
Winner — 1995
SHANKAR CHOUDHARY
BJP· BJP
BJP 25.1%CPI 23.9%25 others 51.1%
Votes
33,514
25.1% share
Winning margin
1,644
1.2% of votes
Total candidates
27
Turnout
69.4%
of 1,92,620
Ramgarh was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.2% — fewer than 1,644 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
27 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHANKAR CHOUDHARY | BJP | 33,514 | 25.1% |
| 2 | SABIR AHMAD QUARESHI | Left | 31,870 | 23.9% |
| 3 | ARJUN RAM | JMM(M) | 21,790 | 16.3% |
| 4 | SUKHDEO MAHTO | JMM(S) | 17,246 | 12.9% |
| 5 | DEOKINANDAN BEDIA | CPI(ML)(L) | 8,904 | 6.7% |
| 6 | JAMUNA PRASAD SHARMA | IND | 7,076 | 5.3% |
| 7 | ABHIMANYU TIWARI | INC | 6,338 | 4.7% |
| 8 | DEODHARI KARMALI | IND | 851 | 0.6% |
| 9 | VINOD KUMAR PANDA | IND | 737 | 0.6% |
| 10 | BHUNESHWAR BISHWAKARMA | IND | 488 | 0.4% |
| 11 | ROSHAN LAL | IND | 449 | 0.3% |
| 12 | DHANUKDHARI MAHTO | IND | 432 | 0.3% |
| 13 | SRIPAL TEWARI | IND | 359 | 0.3% |
| 14 | BINDESHWAR MATO | IND | 351 | 0.3% |
| 15 | DINESHWAR PRASAD CHOUDHARY | IND | 341 | 0.3% |
| 16 | DURGA CHARAN CHOUDHARY | IND | 340 | 0.3% |
| 17 | RAMDUTT SHARMA | IND | 332 | 0.3% |
| 18 | RAMANUJ KUMAR | BPP | 323 | 0.2% |
| 19 | DEO NARAIN MAHTO | IND | 322 | 0.2% |
| 20 | SAHADAT HUSSAIN | IND | 259 | 0.2% |
| 21 | BIGAN MAHTO | IND | 256 | 0.2% |
| 22 | GANESH PRASAD | IND | 220 | 0.2% |
| 23 | LAKHAN BEDIA | IND | 201 | 0.1% |
| 24 | LAKHESHWAR CHOUDHARY | IND | 198 | 0.1% |
| 25 | RAVI KANT KUSHWAHA | 177 | 0.1% | |
| 26 | MAHABIR PRASAD AGRAWAL | IND | 126 | 0.1% |
| 27 | NIRMALA DEVI | IND | 125 | 0.1% |
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.
A fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean1.2%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 12.3% · min 0.7% · max 37.0%
How contested is turnout?
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62%
lowerhigher
How crowded is the field?
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4.12
fewer partiesmore parties
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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4.12EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 25.1%CPI 23.9%JMM(M) 16.3%JMM(S) 12.9%CPI(ML)(L) 6.7%IND 5.3%OTH 9.9%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED