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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 255 · 1957Reserved (ST)

Chainpur

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Winner — 1957

PHABLANUS ORAON
JHP
JHP 50.2%INC 36.7%1 others 13.0%
Votes
18,529
50.2% share
Winning margin
4,975
13.5% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
53.4%
of 69,138

A clear win with a 13.5% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PHABLANUS ORAON
JHP
18,52950.2%
2
BONIFAZ LAKRA
INC
13,55436.8%
3
GOPAL MAHTO
IND
4,80013.0%

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
13.5%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 15.4% · min 0.1% · max 44.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
56%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.83
fewer partiesmore parties

How much NOTA?

SEAT
— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.83EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JHP 50.2%INC 36.8%IND 13.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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