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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 283 · 1969Reserved (ST)
Ghatsila
Winner — 1969
YADUNATH BASKEY
IND
IND 30.4%INC 28.7%5 others 41.0%
Votes
9,465
30.4% share
Winning margin
525
1.7% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
40.6%
of 76,855
Ghatsila was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.7% — fewer than 525 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | YADUNATH BASKEY | IND | 9,465 | 30.4% |
| 2 | DASRATH MURMU | INC | 8,940 | 28.7% |
| 3 | WASTA SOREN | Left | 4,632 | 14.9% |
| 4 | BHAGWAT TUDU | LTC | 3,366 | 10.8% |
| 5 | JAGANNATH MARDI | SUC | 3,137 | 10.1% |
| 6 | NARAYAN BASKET | IND | 878 | 2.8% |
| 7 | MUCHIRAM SOUTAL | IND | 761 | 2.4% |
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.
An essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean1.7%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 14.6% · min 0.6% · max 53.8%
How contested is turnout?
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57%
lowerhigher
How crowded is the field?
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1.64
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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1.64EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 30.4%INC 28.7%CPI 14.9%LTC 10.8%SUC 10.1%OTH 5.3%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED