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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 38 · 19572 seats · 1 SC
Chapra
Winner — 1957
JAGLAL CHAUDHARY
INC· INC
Also elected — same seat
PRABHUNATH SINGH
INC· 30,244 votes
INC 33.1%INC 32.4%3 others 34.5%
Votes
30,836
33.1% share
Winning margin
15,866
17.0% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
32.1%
of 1,45,031
Chapra is a safe seat — JAGLAL CHAUDHARY won by 17.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JAGLAL CHAUDHARY | 30,836 | 33.1% | |
| 2 | PRABHUNATH SINGH | 30,244 | 32.4% | |
| 3 | KAPILDEO PRASAD SHRIVASTAVA | 14,970 | 16.1% | |
| 4 | MUNILAL MANJHI | 12,958 | 13.9% | |
| 5 | SURAJ PRASAD | IND | 4,224 | 4.5% |
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.
Low turnout (215th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe17.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.1% · min 0.2% · max 59.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
215th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.54
fewer partiesmore parties
125th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.6%
lowerhigher
139th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.54EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 33.1%INC 32.4%PSP 16.1%PSP 13.9%OTH 4.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,87,379
Density
1282 / km²
Sex ratio
927 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,501 km²
SC population13.1%
ST population0.1%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.4%Muslim 18.3%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.2%
Electricity12.6%
Sanitation18.5%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births73.7%
Children fully vaccinated74.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.3%
Children underweight (under 5)36.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.4%
Women literate53.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.2%
Clean cooking fuel40.0%
Health insurance19.2%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.