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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 317 · 1995Reserved (ST)

Manika

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Winner — 1995

RAM CHANDRA SINGH (MONGRA)
JD· Janata Dal
JD 24.6%BJP 23.2%17 others 52.2%
Votes
16,757
24.6% share
Winning margin
947
1.4% of votes
Total candidates
19
Turnout
52.9%
of 1,28,790

Manika was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.4% — fewer than 947 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history
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All Candidates

19 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAM CHANDRA SINGH (MONGRA)
JD
Janata Dal
16,75724.6%
2
YAMUNA SINGH
BJP
BJP
15,81023.2%
3
PASCAL RAYA GRIDHA
INC
INC
12,39718.2%
4
JAY PRAKASH MINJ
CPI(ML)(L)
4,5936.7%
5
JITENDER SINGH
CSP-JSD
3,8305.6%
6
TARSILA KHALKHO
JMM
3,5905.3%
7
ANAND OROAN
JPP
1,9482.9%
8
DOMNIK TIRKY
IND
1,8032.6%
9
LAXMAN SINGH
IND
1,7252.5%
10
DEO NATH SINGH
IND
1,1371.7%
11
RAM LAGAN SINGH
SAP
7121.1%
12
JHAGRU OROAN
JMM(M)
6010.9%
13
HARIHAR RAMNATH OROAN
JP
5860.9%
14
MAHENDRA OROAN
IND
5800.8%
15
JAG JIWAN NAYAK
IND
5640.8%
16
VIKTOR KERKETTA
IND
4690.7%
17
RAMCHANDRA SINGH (GONDI)
IND
4470.7%
18
BALESHWAR OROAN
IND
3480.5%
19
MUNARIK SINGH
DDP
1980.3%

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
1.4%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 21.4% · min 1.4% · max 42.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
34%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.91
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
3.91EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD 24.6%BJP 23.2%INC 18.2%CPI(ML)(L) 6.7%CSP-JSD 5.6%JMM 5.3%OTH 16.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
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