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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 274 · 1980

Gandey

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Winner — 1980

SARFARAZ AHMAD
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 32.7%IND 15.5%8 others 51.7%
Votes
15,958
32.8% share
Winning margin
8,393
17.2% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
47.2%
of 1,03,213

Gandey is a safe seat — SARFARAZ AHMAD won by 17.2%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SARFARAZ AHMAD
INC(I)
Congress (I)
15,95832.8%
2
SALKHAN SORAN
IND
7,56515.5%
3
LAKSHMAN SWARNKAR
BJP
BJP
6,28512.9%
4
NANDAL GOPE
IND
6,24612.8%
5
BISHESHWAR PATHAK
JMM
4,90710.1%
6
DEOKI NANDAN RAM
INC(U)
3,7247.6%
7
BHUNESHWAR RANA
JNP(SC)
1,9564.0%
8
LAKSHMI KANT SAHAY
IND
1,3802.8%
9
DASHRATH MISHRA
IND
5301.1%
10
MIRZA SADAK
IND
1830.4%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

A fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
17.2%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 18.9% · min 4.8% · max 47.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
4.64
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
4.64EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 32.8%IND 15.5%BJP 12.9%IND 12.8%JMM 10.1%INC(U) 7.6%OTH 8.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
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