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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 316 · 1995Reserved (SC)

Latehar

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Winner — 1995

BALJIT RAM
JD· Janata Dal
JD 22.6%INC 20.7%18 others 56.7%
Votes
12,300
22.6% share
Winning margin
1,042
1.9% of votes
Total candidates
20
Turnout
37.0%
of 1,46,950

Latehar was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.9% — fewer than 1,042 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history
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All Candidates

20 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BALJIT RAM
JD
Janata Dal
12,30022.6%
2
HARIDARSHAN RAM
INC
INC
11,25820.7%
3
BRAJ MOHAN RAM
BJP
BJP
10,97020.2%
4
RAMDEO GANJHU
JPP
7,97914.7%
5
PRAKASH RAM
CPM
Left
3,4026.3%
6
PHULCHAND GANJHU
CSP-JSD
2,8765.3%
7
MUKUND RAM
IND
1,7583.2%
8
KRISHNA PASWAN
IND
9031.7%
9
BIRENDRA KUMAR
BSP
4470.8%
10
NARAYAN BHURYAN
IND
4460.8%
11
KANHAI MANJHI
SAP
4430.8%
12
MUNSHI LAL
IND
2840.5%
13
KISHORI PASWAN
IND
2480.5%
14
JAMUNA RAM
IND
2040.4%
15
RAM LAGAN BHAGAT
IND
1960.4%
16
MATHURA RAM
IND
1960.4%
17
RAJESH BAITHA
IND
1370.3%
18
VIJAY PASWAN
IND
1350.3%
19
BAIJ NATH PASWAN
IND
1160.2%
20
MAHESH RAM
IND
1060.2%

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
1.9%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 16.8% · min 1.9% · max 65.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
17%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
4.88
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
4.88EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD 22.6%INC 20.7%BJP 20.2%JPP 14.7%CPM 6.3%CSP-JSD 5.3%OTH 10.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
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