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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 257 · 1977

Nawada

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Winner — 1977

GANESH SHANKER VIDYARTHI
CPM· Left
CPM 66.7%IND 16.0%6 others 17.3%
Votes
51,857
66.7% share
Winning margin
39,446
50.8% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
58.0%
of 1,33,962

Nawada is a safe seat — GANESH SHANKER VIDYARTHI won by 50.8%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GANESH SHANKER VIDYARTHI
CPM
Left
51,85766.7%
2
JEHAL PRASAD
IND
12,41116.0%
3
RAM SWAROOP PRASAD YADAV
INC
INC
8,68811.2%
4
RAMESHWAR YADAV
IND
2,7873.6%
5
KRISHNA ARYA
IND
9811.3%
6
MANJOOR AHMAD
IND
5820.8%
7
RAMASHRY SHARMA
IND
2430.3%
8
GAURI SHANKAR KESHRI
IND
1790.2%

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.

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A two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
50.8%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 15.1% · min 1.1% · max 50.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.36
fewer partiesmore parties

How much NOTA?

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— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 66.7%IND 16.0%INC 11.2%OTH 6.1%

Who ran, on record?

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