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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 7 · 1980
Chanpatia
Winner — 1980
VIRBAL SHARMA
CPI· Left
CPI 48.5%INC(I) 35.5%8 others 16.1%
Votes
22,989
48.5% share
Winning margin
6,168
13.0% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
44.2%
of 1,07,341
A clear win with a 13.0% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VIRBAL SHARMA | Left | 22,989 | 48.5% |
| 2 | PRABHAT KISHORE DWIVEDI |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 16,821 | 35.5% |
| 3 | VIR SINGH | JNP(SC) | 4,195 | 8.8% |
| 4 | YOGENDRA PANDEY | IND | 919 | 1.9% |
| 5 | RAM PRAKASH | JNP(SR) | 760 | 1.6% |
| 6 | BHAGWAT UAPDHYAYA | JNP(JP) | 617 | 1.3% |
| 7 | SATNARAIN PRASAD | BJP | 560 | 1.2% |
| 8 | SHAMBHU SHUKLA | 255 | 0.5% | |
| 9 | RAGHO PRASAD RAI | IND | 229 | 0.5% |
| 10 | USMAN MIAN | IND | 103 | 0.2% |
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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.
High turnout (25th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean13.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.0% · min 0.3% · max 35.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
25th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.87
fewer partiesmore parties
57th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
190th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.87EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 48.5%INC(I) 35.5%JNP(SC) 8.8%OTH 7.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,35,042
Density
753 / km²
Sex ratio
909 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,228 km²
SC population14.1%
ST population6.3%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.4%Muslim 22.0%Other 0.6%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.8%
Electricity8.1%
Sanitation15.9%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.5%
Children fully vaccinated62.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.5%
Children underweight (under 5)30.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.6%
Women literate52.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.1%
Clean cooking fuel31.4%
Health insurance20.0%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Marcha Chura🏺Ready made Garments
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.