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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 312 · 2000Reserved (ST)
Simdega
Winner — 2000
NIEL TIRKEY
INC· INC
INC 41.2%BJP 39.4%8 others 19.4%
Votes
31,514
41.2% share
Winning margin
1,396
1.8% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
49.0%
of 1,56,000
Simdega was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.8% — fewer than 1,396 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NIEL TIRKEY | INC | 31,514 | 41.2% |
| 2 | CHATUR BARAIK | NDA | 30,118 | 39.4% |
| 3 | KONDESHWAR RAM | RJD | 6,923 | 9.1% |
| 4 | KISHORE EKKA | IND | 2,651 | 3.5% |
| 5 | ARVIND EKKA | 2,352 | 3.1% | |
| 6 | TURTAN MUNDU | Samajwadi Party | 999 | 1.3% |
| 7 | TAIRAS EKKA | JKP | 614 | 0.8% |
| 8 | PRAPHUL CHANDAR BESRA | IND | 504 | 0.7% |
| 9 | KARLUS KERKETTA | BJC | 436 | 0.6% |
| 10 | ENEM BAA | IND | 324 | 0.4% |
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.
A two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe1.8%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 16.6% · min 1.8% · max 57.4%
How contested is turnout?
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49%
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How crowded is the field?
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2.98
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How much NOTA?
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— NOT REPORTEDWhere does the house stand?
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324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.98EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 41.2%BJP 39.4%RJD 9.1%OTH 10.3%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED