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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 264 · 1980Reserved (SC)
Chatra
Winner — 1980
MAHESH RAM
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 63.1%BJP 16.8%4 others 20.1%
Votes
22,973
63.1% share
Winning margin
16,870
46.3% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
29.8%
of 1,22,206
Chatra is a safe seat — MAHESH RAM won by 46.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAHESH RAM |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 22,973 | 63.1% |
| 2 | BIKU RAM | BJP | 6,103 | 16.8% |
| 3 | JAGDHARI BHUIYAN | Left | 2,977 | 8.2% |
| 4 | MUSENDRA DAS | JNP(SC) | 1,838 | 5.0% |
| 5 | BIGAN RAM | 1,353 | 3.7% | |
| 6 | RAMBARAN BHUIYAN | IND | 1,161 | 3.2% |
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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 two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean46.3%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 13.3% · min 0.6% · max 46.3%
How contested is turnout?
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36%
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How crowded is the field?
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2.81
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How much NOTA?
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— NOT REPORTEDWhere does the house stand?
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324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.81EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 63.1%BJP 16.8%CPM 8.2%JNP(SC) 5.0%OTH 6.9%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED