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NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24
Bihar · Assembly Constituency 222 · 1962Reserved (SC)
Chainpur
Winner — 1962
RAM KRISHAN RAM
INC· INC
INC 43.6%SWA 40.2%3 others 16.2%
Votes
15,593
43.6% share
Winning margin
1,184
3.3% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
59.8%
of 59,909
A closely fought contest. RAM KRISHAN RAM won with a 3.3% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAM KRISHAN RAM | INC | 15,593 | 43.6% |
| 2 | DULAR CHAND RAM | Swatantra Party | 14,409 | 40.3% |
| 3 | RAM KESHI PRASAD | IND | 2,660 | 7.4% |
| 4 | BHAGWAT DUSADH | Praja Socialist Party | 2,436 | 6.8% |
| 5 | RAMRATAN DUSADH | JP | 702 | 2.0% |
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.
Average turnout (182nd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean3.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.9% · min 0.6% · max 26.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
182nd of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.67
fewer partiesmore parties
89th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
152nd of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.67EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 43.6%SWA 40.3%IND 7.4%PSP 6.8%OTH 2.0%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,40,073
Density
769 / km²
Sex ratio
926 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,305 km²
SC population24.1%
ST population0.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.2%Muslim 9.3%Other 0.5%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.6%
Electricity11.5%
Sanitation21.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births77.5%
Children fully vaccinated89.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.2%
Children underweight (under 5)48.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.5%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.3%
Clean cooking fuel38.9%
Health insurance15.4%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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.