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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 254 · 1996 by-electionsReserved (SC)

Barachatti

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Winner — 1996 by-elections

Jeetan Ram Manjhee
JD
JD 50.9%BJP 34.1%6 others 15.0%
Votes
41,404
50.9% share
Winning margin
13,629
16.8% of votes
Total candidates
8

Barachatti is a safe seat — Jeetan Ram Manjhee won by 16.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Jeetan Ram Manjhee
JD
41,40450.9%
2
Krishna Paswan
BJP
27,77534.1%
3
Ganesh Das
CPI(ML)(L)
8,28810.2%
4
Raj Kumar Bhuinya
BSP
1,8492.3%
5
Ramswaroop Mandal
IND
1,4471.8%
6
Kulwansh Paswan
INC
3140.4%
7
Hemantee Devi
IND
1630.2%
8
Shree Chand Singh
IND
1030.1%

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
16.8%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 19.7% · min 4.2% · max 59.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
40%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
4.16
fewer partiesmore parties

How much NOTA?

SEAT
— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
14 seats · 8 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
4.16EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD 50.9%BJP 34.1%CPI(ML)(L) 10.2%OTH 4.8%

Who ran, on record?

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