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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 261 · 19512 seats · 1 SC

Para and Chas

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Winner — 1951

DEOSHANKARI PRASAD SINGH
IND
Also elected — same seat
SARAT MOCHI
INC· 11,169 votes
IND 21.0%INC 20.2%7 others 58.8%
Votes
12,832
21.0% share
Winning margin
505
0.8% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
25.6%
of 1,19,366

Para and Chas was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.8% — fewer than 505 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DEOSHANKARI PRASAD SINGH
IND
12,83221.0%
2
HARDAYAL SHARMA
INC
12,32720.2%
3
SARAT MOCHI
INC
11,16918.3%
4
JAGBANDHU BHATACHARJEE
LKSS
6,59510.8%
5
JASODANULAL SINGH
CNSPJP
5,9499.7%
6
BHARAT BANSI
LKSS
4,9858.2%
7
JOGESHWAR DAS
CNSPJP
3,9286.4%
8
BIRENDRA NATH MISHRA
KMPP
2,0373.3%
9
QUTUB ANSARI
IND
1,3012.1%

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
lean
0.8%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 13.5% · min 0.4% · max 46.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
57%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
5.46
fewer partiesmore parties

How much NOTA?

SEAT
— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
330 seats · 166 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
5.46EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 21.0%INC 20.2%INC 18.3%LKSS 10.8%CNSPJP 9.7%LKSS 8.2%OTH 11.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
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