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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 261 · 1972
Jamua
Winner — 1972
RITLAL PRASAD VERMA
BJS· Grand Alliance
BJS 43.7%INC 33.8%3 others 22.5%
Votes
15,419
43.7% share
Winning margin
3,472
9.8% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
33.4%
of 1,05,692
A clear win with a 9.8% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RITLAL PRASAD VERMA | Grand Alliance | 15,419 | 43.7% |
| 2 | SAUA AND PRASAD | Congress (R) | 11,947 | 33.8% |
| 3 | KHAJA IFATKHAR JAN | 5,228 | 14.8% | |
| 4 | RADHE SAO GUPTA | 1,939 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | GANESH DUTTA ROY | IND | 782 | 2.2% |
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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lean9.8%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 13.5% · min 0.4% · max 46.2%
How contested is turnout?
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57%
lowerhigher
How crowded is the field?
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5.46
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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5.46EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJS 43.7%INC 33.8%NCO 14.8%SOP 5.5%OTH 2.2%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED