Shahganj
Winner — 2002
A closely fought contest. JAGDIS SONKAR won with a 4.1% margin.
All Candidates
14 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JAGDIS SONKAR | Samajwadi Alliance | 42,180 | 29.5% |
| 2 | RAM PHER GAUTAM | BSP | 36,358 | 25.4% |
| 3 | BANKAY LAL SONKAR | NDA | 36,110 | 25.3% |
| 4 | PUTTI RAM ALIAS MUNSHI RAM SONKAR | RTKP | 16,643 | 11.6% |
| 5 | KARM VEER BHARATI | INC | 6,347 | 4.4% |
| 6 | KAMALA PRASAD | AD | 1,335 | 0.9% |
| 7 | SOCHAN RAM | IND | 996 | 0.7% |
| 8 | RAM ADHAR | IND | 714 | 0.5% |
| 9 | MUKUND LAL | UPRP | 493 | 0.3% |
| 10 | RAM CHANDRA GAUTAM | NLP | 463 | 0.3% |
| 11 | SUBHASH | IND | 463 | 0.3% |
| 12 | BACHCHU | IND | 436 | 0.3% |
| 13 | JIYALAL | IND | 259 | 0.2% |
| 14 | DOODH NATH | IND | 217 | 0.1% |
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.
Average turnout (235th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
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7 locationsExtensive mound & a group of Hindu Sculptures,
Extensive mound & a group of Hindu Sculptures,
Four massive masonry pillars containing stone tablets with inscriptions in Urdu & Hindi…
Four massive masonry pillars containing stone tablets with inscriptions in Urdu & Hindi representing translations of the Ten Commandments, and some verses from Saint John-s Gospel, on the Grand Trunk Road just opposite the Public Works Department, Inspec
Four massive masonry pillars containing stone tablets with inscriptions in Urdu & Hindi…
Four massive masonry pillars containing stone tablets with inscriptions in Urdu & Hindi representing translations of the Ten Commandments, and some verses from Saint Johnes Gospel, on the Grand Trunk Road just opposite the Public Works Department, Inspec
Four massive masonry pillars containing stone tablets with inscriptions in Urdu & Hindi…
Four massive masonry pillars containing stone tablets with inscriptions in Urdu & Hindi representing translations of the Ten Commandments, and some verses from Saint Johnes Gospel, on the Grand Trunk Road just opposite the Public Works Department, Inspec
Four massive masonry pillars containing stone tablets with inscriptions in Urdu & Hindi…
Four massive masonry pillars containing stone tablets with inscriptions in Urdu & Hindi representing translations of the Ten Commandments, and some verses from Saint Johnes Gospel, on the Grand Trunk Road just opposite the Public Works Department, Inspec
Square sand-stone pillar bearing an inscription of Mahipala-deva dated 5.974 in the Municipal…
Square sand-stone pillar bearing an inscription of Mahipala-deva dated 5.974 in the Municipal Garden attached to the Town Hall.
The collection of miscellaneous antiquities from different parts of the District grouped round the…
The collection of miscellaneous antiquities from different parts of the District grouped round the Asni pillar of Mahipala-deva in the Municipal Garden attached to the Town Hall.
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