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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 306 · 1967Reserved (ST)

Gumla

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Winner — 1967

R. ORAON
BJS· SVD (Samyukta Vidhayak Dal)
BJS 17.5%IND 16.1%6 others 66.4%
Votes
4,620
17.5% share
Winning margin
389
1.5% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
33.5%
of 78,644

Gumla was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.5% — fewer than 389 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history
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All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
R. ORAON
BJS
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
4,62017.5%
2
M. DEMTA
IND
4,23116.1%
3
L. BARLA
SWA
Swatantra Party
3,85214.6%
4
P. ORAON
IND
3,76514.3%
5
L. GURIA
INC
INC
3,63613.8%
6
A. KHARIA
IND
2,3859.1%
7
B. BHAGAT
IND
2,1348.1%
8
K. PAHAN
IND
1,7226.5%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

A two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.5%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 17.6% · min 1.5% · max 37.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
48%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.67
fewer partiesmore parties

How much NOTA?

SEAT
— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.67EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJS 17.5%IND 16.1%SWA 14.6%IND 14.3%INC 13.8%IND 9.1%OTH 14.6%

Who ran, on record?

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