Patna East
Winner — 1980
Patna East was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.4% — fewer than 280 votes separated winner from runner-up.
All Candidates
18 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SARAD KUMAR JAIN |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 15,691 | 23.5% |
| 2 | RAM DEO MAHTO | BJP | 15,411 | 23.0% |
| 3 | RAM LAKHAN SINGH | Left | 12,362 | 18.5% |
| 4 | JAMUNA PRASAD SINGH | 10,596 | 15.8% | |
| 5 | RAJENDRA PRASAD VERMA | IND | 7,641 | 11.4% |
| 6 | TAQUI RAHIM | JNP(JP) | 2,360 | 3.5% |
| 7 | VIJAI KUMAR LAL | JNP(SC) | 1,685 | 2.5% |
| 8 | RAM KRISHNA YADAV | IND | 222 | 0.3% |
| 9 | BASANT KUMAR PATHIK | IND | 172 | 0.3% |
| 10 | SHAMBHU NATH YADAV | IND | 110 | 0.2% |
| 11 | RAGHUNATH GUPTA | IND | 107 | 0.2% |
| 12 | SUBODH KUMAR SAH | JNP(SR) | 100 | 0.1% |
| 13 | LAKSHMI NARAIN | IND | 89 | 0.1% |
| 14 | RAJA RAM SINGH | IND | 88 | 0.1% |
| 15 | SATYA NARAIN PRASAD | IND | 83 | 0.1% |
| 16 | LAL MAHTO | IND | 59 | 0.1% |
| 17 | ASAF KHAN | IND | 58 | 0.1% |
| 18 | ANUP SINGH | IND | 45 | 0.1% |
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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.
Low turnout (196th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
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4 locationsAshoka inscription on the Chandan shahid hill
Ashoka inscription on the Chandan shahid hill
Three rock incriptions adjasent to Tara Chandi temple
Three rock incriptions adjasent to Tara Chandi temple
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