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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 269 · 1980

Hazaribagh

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Winner — 1980

RAGHUNANDAN PRASAD
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 35.0%JNP(JP) 19.7%11 others 45.2%
Votes
16,925
35.0% share
Winning margin
7,386
15.3% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
39.1%
of 1,23,544

Hazaribagh is a safe seat — RAGHUNANDAN PRASAD won by 15.3%.

Seat history
⚖ Compare 1977 vs 1980

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAGHUNANDAN PRASAD
INC(I)
Congress (I)
16,92535.0%
2
RADHEY SHYAM AMBASTHA
JNP(JP)
9,53919.7%
3
KASHI LAL AGRWAL
BJP
BJP
8,32217.2%
4
GULAM ZILANI
CPI
Left
6,74013.9%
5
RANI DEY
JNP(SC)
2,1834.5%
6
MAHBUB ANSARI
IND
1,2542.6%
7
GIRJA SHANKAR PRASAD
IND
9441.9%
8
KAILASH CHANDRA MAHTO
IND
8041.7%
9
GAUTAM SAGAR RANA
IND
6821.4%
10
MD. TAYAB ANSARI
JMM
4340.9%
11
AMIRUL ARFIN
IND
2060.4%
12
SURESH PRASAD
IND
1810.4%
13
BAIDEHI DEVI
JNP(SR)
1110.2%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

A two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
15.3%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 25.0% · min 5.0% · max 54.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
49%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.97
fewer partiesmore parties

How much NOTA?

SEAT
— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.97EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 35.0%JNP(JP) 19.7%BJP 17.2%CPI 13.9%OTH 14.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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