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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 264 · 1995Reserved (SC)

Chatra

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Winner — 1995

JANARDAN PASWAN
JD· Janata Dal
JD 50.3%BJP 26.0%9 others 23.8%
Votes
40,239
50.3% share
Winning margin
19,455
24.3% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
40.9%
of 1,95,965

Chatra is a safe seat — JANARDAN PASWAN won by 24.3%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JANARDAN PASWAN
JD
Janata Dal
40,23950.3%
2
MAHENDRA SINGH BHOGLA
BJP
BJP
20,78426.0%
3
KAUSHILYA DEVI
CPM
Left
8,43110.5%
4
DR. NAND KISHORE PRASAD
INC
INC
2,9823.7%
5
JHAMAN SINGH
CPI(ML)(L)
2,2122.8%
6
RAMBUJHAWAN RAJAK
SP
Samajwadi Party
2,0382.5%
7
BIRESH RAM
JMM
1,2621.6%
8
DILIP KR. RAVI
IND
9851.2%
9
SANTAN BHUIYAN
JPP
5270.7%
10
BAGESHWARI
IND
4130.5%
11
BILESHWAR RAM PASWAN
IND
1930.2%

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

A two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
24.3%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 13.3% · min 0.6% · max 46.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
36%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.81
fewer partiesmore parties

How much NOTA?

SEAT
— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.81EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD 50.3%BJP 26.0%CPM 10.5%OTH 13.3%

Who ran, on record?

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