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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 305 · 1962Reserved (ST)

Chainpur

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Winner — 1962

MICHAEL
SWA· Swatantra Party
SWA 46.4%JP 26.6%3 others 27.0%
Votes
15,551
46.4% share
Winning margin
6,629
19.8% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
43.7%
of 76,690

Chainpur is a safe seat — MICHAEL won by 19.8%.

Seat history
⚖ Compare 1957 vs 1962

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MICHAEL
SWA
Swatantra Party
15,55146.4%
2
JOHAN KUJUR
JP
8,92226.6%
3
BUDRAM BHAGAT
IND
5,21815.6%
4
FABIANUS KHALKHO
INC
INC
3,39210.1%
5
MICTOR PETER MUNJNI
IND
4451.3%

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
safe
19.8%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 16.1% · min 0.1% · max 37.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
57%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.88
fewer partiesmore parties

How much NOTA?

SEAT
— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.88EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SWA 46.4%JP 26.6%IND 15.6%INC 10.1%OTH 1.3%

Who ran, on record?

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