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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 275 · 1969
Topchanchi
Winner — 1969
PURNENDU NARAIN SINGH
JAP
JAP 37.6%BKD 36.1%3 others 26.4%
Votes
13,053
37.6% share
Winning margin
527
1.5% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
39.2%
of 88,547
Topchanchi was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.5% — fewer than 527 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PURNENDU NARAIN SINGH | JAP | 13,053 | 37.6% |
| 2 | P . N . SUR | 12,526 | 36.1% | |
| 3 | RAMESHWAR MUNSHI | INC | 5,553 | 16.0% |
| 4 | HARI PRASAD MAHTC | LTC | 3,300 | 9.5% |
| 5 | CHHOTAN RAJWAR | SHD | 300 | 0.9% |
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.
A fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean1.5%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 15.0% · min 1.1% · max 37.2%
How contested is turnout?
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49%
lowerhigher
How crowded is the field?
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5.03
fewer partiesmore parties
How much NOTA?
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— NOT REPORTEDWhere does the house stand?
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318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
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5.03EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JAP 37.6%BKD 36.1%INC 16.0%LTC 9.5%OTH 0.9%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED