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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 279 · 1967
Nirsa
Winner — 1967
R. N. SHARMA
INC· INC
INC 32.3%CPI 32.0%4 others 35.7%
Votes
8,529
32.3% share
Winning margin
72
0.3% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
36.6%
of 72,134
Nirsa was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.3% — fewer than 72 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R. N. SHARMA | INC | 8,529 | 32.3% |
| 2 | N. BHATTACHARYA | Left | 8,457 | 32.0% |
| 3 | R. R. TIWARY | JKD | 5,300 | 20.1% |
| 4 | C. P. CHOUDHARY | IND | 2,330 | 8.8% |
| 5 | M. MURMU | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 1,134 | 4.3% |
| 6 | B. N. PRASAD | Praja Socialist Party | 657 | 2.5% |
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 fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean0.3%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 11.1% · min 0.3% · max 31.8%
How contested is turnout?
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56%
lowerhigher
How crowded is the field?
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3.58
fewer partiesmore parties
How much NOTA?
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— NOT REPORTEDWhere does the house stand?
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318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
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3.58EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 32.3%CPI 32.0%JKD 20.1%IND 8.8%OTH 6.8%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED