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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 271 · 1995

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Winner — 1995

GURU SAHAY MAHTO
JD· Janata Dal
JD 32.9%INC 19.6%20 others 47.4%
Votes
38,604
33.0% share
Winning margin
15,622
13.3% of votes
Total candidates
22
Turnout
61.9%
of 1,89,422

A clear win with a 13.3% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

22 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GURU SAHAY MAHTO
JD
Janata Dal
38,60433.0%
2
TILAKDHARI PRASAD SINGH
INC
INC
22,98219.6%
3
JAGDISH PRASAD KUSHWAHA
BJP
BJP
15,03612.8%
4
UMACHARAN SAW
JMM
13,24811.3%
5
RAJ KUMAR YADAV
CPI(ML)(L)
6,7045.7%
6
HARIHAR NARAYAN PRABHAKAR
IND
3,8693.3%
7
RAMDEV RAM
IND
2,9982.6%
8
WASHIRUDDIN
JMM(M)
2,7212.3%
9
JAYDEV CHOWDHARI
IND
2,3162.0%
10
JAYDEV NARAYAN DEV
IND
1,9171.6%
11
CHANDRA MOULI SINGH
BPP
1,5351.3%
12
SHANKAR PRASAD SAHU
SAP
1,4291.2%
13
NAKUL CHOWDHARI
IND
7260.6%
14
JAY PRAKASH SAW
IND
7070.6%
15
DASHARATH KUMAR DAS
IND
5770.5%
16
BINDESHWARI PRASAD SINHA
JKP
4280.4%
17
RAMCHANDRA YADAV
IND
3000.3%
18
SHASHI BHUSHAN YADAV
IND
2900.3%
19
RAVINDRA YADAV
IND
2440.2%
20
SIRAJ RAM
IND
2040.2%
21
VASUDEV MAHTO
IND
2020.2%
22
SHRIDHAR RAI
IND
1230.1%

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
13.3%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 14.1% · min 1.4% · max 51.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
4.97
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
4.97EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD 33.0%INC 19.6%BJP 12.8%JMM 11.3%CPI(ML)(L) 5.7%OTH 17.6%

Who ran, on record?

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