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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 288 · 2000Reserved (ST)

Ghatsila

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Winner — 2000

PRADEEP KUMAR BALMUCHU
INC· INC
INC 49.3%BJP 18.3%6 others 32.4%
Votes
50,645
49.3% share
Winning margin
31,876
31.0% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
58.7%
of 1,75,088

Ghatsila is a safe seat — PRADEEP KUMAR BALMUCHU won by 31.0%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PRADEEP KUMAR BALMUCHU
INC
INC
50,64549.3%
2
BAIJU MURMU
BJP
NDA
18,76918.3%
3
BABLU MURMU
CPI
16,35315.9%
4
SHANKAR CHAND HEMBRAM
JMM
9,8919.6%
5
KANHU SAMANT
JKPP
2,7772.7%
6
JAIPAL MANJHI
RJD
RJD
2,5632.5%
7
SITA RAM TUDU
IND
1,5831.5%
8
SUNIL MURMU
IND
1200.1%

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.

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A fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
31.0%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 15.4% · min 0.8% · max 37.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
59%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.20
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
3.20EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 49.3%BJP 18.3%CPI 15.9%JMM 9.6%OTH 6.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
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