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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 233 · 1980Reserved (SC)

Chenari

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Winner — 1980

DUDNATH PASWAN
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 41.9%JNP(SC) 23.7%8 others 34.4%
Votes
31,294
41.9% share
Winning margin
13,563
18.1% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
56.7%
of 1,31,737

Chenari is a safe seat — DUDNATH PASWAN won by 18.1%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DUDNATH PASWAN
INC(I)
Congress (I)
31,29441.9%
2
CHHEDI PRASAD
JNP(SC)
17,73123.7%
3
RAM BACHAN PASWAN
JNP(JP)
8,86911.9%
4
LAL MUNI RAM (KHARARI)
INC(U)
6,5128.7%
5
LAL MUNI RAM (DIBHIYA)
CPI
Left
4,8696.5%
6
SHEOJAGI CHAMAR
IND
2,4953.3%
7
JAWAHAR RAM
JNP(SR)
1,7842.4%
8
CHULHAI PASWAN
SSD
5350.7%
9
KANHAI MUSHAR
IND
4960.7%
10
SUKUL RAM
IND
1460.2%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (174th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
18.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.5% · min 2.8% · max 39.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
174th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.40
fewer partiesmore parties
181st of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
118th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.40EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 41.9%JNP(SC) 23.7%JNP(JP) 11.9%INC(U) 8.7%CPI 6.5%OTH 7.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
43,91,418
Density
883 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,976 km²
SC population30.4%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 88.3%Muslim 11.1%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.3%
Electricity16.3%
Sanitation24.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births76.6%
Children fully vaccinated85.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.4%
Children underweight (under 5)43.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.3%
Women literate59.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.8%
Clean cooking fuel34.7%
Health insurance9.7%

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.

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