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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 257 · 1985

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Winner — 1985

NARENDRA KUMAR
INC· INC
INC 39.7%BJP 37.4%8 others 22.9%
Votes
46,992
39.7% share
Winning margin
2,669
2.3% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
64.3%
of 1,84,116

A closely fought contest. NARENDRA KUMAR won with a 2.3% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NARENDRA KUMAR
INC
INC
46,99239.7%
2
M.KRISHAN PRASAD
BJP
BJP
44,32337.4%
3
GANESH SHAKAR VIDYARTHI
CPM
Left
12,98011.0%
4
SHAHANSHAHA WAKT
IND
11,6179.8%
5
JANKI PRASAD
IND
6440.5%
6
YUGAL KISHORE YADAV
IND
5550.5%
7
NIDESH KUMAR
IND
4720.4%
8
SURESH PRASAD
IND
3670.3%
9
MARENDRA KUMAR SINHA
IND
3470.3%
10
BIPIN BIHARI
IND
1800.1%

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
2.3%
— 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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Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 39.7%BJP 37.4%CPM 11.0%IND 9.8%OTH 2.2%

Who ran, on record?

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