PATNA: More than 500 applicants out of a total of 607, who fought the 2014 Lok Sabha elections around the 40 seats in Bihar, had misplaced their deposits on the hustings, according to ECI information. The general selection of applicants who forfeited their deposits have been 512, while 607 have been left in the fray out of 709 who had filed their nominations.
In Muzaffarpur, 27 out of 29 applicants misplaced their deposits, the highest number for any constituency in the state. Only BJP's Ajay Sahni, who won, and Congress' Akhilesh Prasad Singh, who was the runner-up, have been spared the ignominy.
At seven, the bottom selection of misplaced deposits was reported from Kishanganj but it was primarily because simplest 9 applicants have been in the fray.
The election in the Muslim-dominated constituency, appears to were extremely polarised because the winner, overdue Mohd Asrarul Haq of the Congress, bagged 53.15 in step with cent of votes, followed via Dilip Kumar Jaiswal of the BJP who secured 32.19 in step with cent votes.
In but any other indication of the polarized nature of the electoral battle in the 2014 polls, simplest the winners and the runners-up have been able to save lots of their deposits in as many as 25 constituencies in the state.
As in step with party-wise information, leader minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) misplaced its deposits in 23 out of the 38 seats it had contested in the state and likewise noticed its tally plummet to only two from 22 in 2009.
Mayawati's BSP, which introduced that it would be contesting all of the 40 seats in the 2019 elections, had misplaced its deposit in as many as 38 constituencies.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had also failed to make a mark in Bihar because it misplaced deposit in 39 seats.
The Congress, which was reinforced with a pre-poll alliance with the RJD and the NCP, misplaced 9 out of the 11 seats that it had contested but had to forgo deposits in simplest a few seats.
According to norms fixed via the EC, a candidate loses his or her deposit in the event of securing less than one 6th of the full selection of valid votes polled in a constituency.
In Muzaffarpur, 27 out of 29 applicants misplaced their deposits, the highest number for any constituency in the state. Only BJP's Ajay Sahni, who won, and Congress' Akhilesh Prasad Singh, who was the runner-up, have been spared the ignominy.
At seven, the bottom selection of misplaced deposits was reported from Kishanganj but it was primarily because simplest 9 applicants have been in the fray.
The election in the Muslim-dominated constituency, appears to were extremely polarised because the winner, overdue Mohd Asrarul Haq of the Congress, bagged 53.15 in step with cent of votes, followed via Dilip Kumar Jaiswal of the BJP who secured 32.19 in step with cent votes.
In but any other indication of the polarized nature of the electoral battle in the 2014 polls, simplest the winners and the runners-up have been able to save lots of their deposits in as many as 25 constituencies in the state.
As in step with party-wise information, leader minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) misplaced its deposits in 23 out of the 38 seats it had contested in the state and likewise noticed its tally plummet to only two from 22 in 2009.
Mayawati's BSP, which introduced that it would be contesting all of the 40 seats in the 2019 elections, had misplaced its deposit in as many as 38 constituencies.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had also failed to make a mark in Bihar because it misplaced deposit in 39 seats.
The Congress, which was reinforced with a pre-poll alliance with the RJD and the NCP, misplaced 9 out of the 11 seats that it had contested but had to forgo deposits in simplest a few seats.
According to norms fixed via the EC, a candidate loses his or her deposit in the event of securing less than one 6th of the full selection of valid votes polled in a constituency.
2014 polls: Over 500 out of 607 candidates lost deposits in Bihar's 40 seats
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