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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 269 · 1962

Chatra

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Winner — 1962

KESHAW PRASAD SINGH
SWA· Swatantra Party
SWA 77.1%INC 22.9%
Votes
20,634
77.1% share
Winning margin
14,503
54.2% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
37.2%
of 71,903

Chatra is a safe seat — KESHAW PRASAD SINGH won by 54.2%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KESHAW PRASAD SINGH
SWA
Swatantra Party
20,63477.1%
2
BALWANT NATH SINGH
INC
INC
6,13122.9%

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
54.2%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 25.0% · min 5.0% · max 54.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
49%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.97
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
2.97EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SWA 77.1%INC 22.9%

Who ran, on record?

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