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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 44 · 1962
Chapra
Winner — 1962
SUNDRI DEVI
INC· INC
INC 41.6%SWA 19.5%4 others 38.9%
Votes
16,995
41.6% share
Winning margin
9,025
22.1% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
45.2%
of 90,306
Chapra is a safe seat — SUNDRI DEVI won by 22.1%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUNDRI DEVI | INC | 16,995 | 41.6% |
| 2 | PRASIDH NARAIN SINGH | Swatantra Party | 7,970 | 19.5% |
| 3 | RAGHOJEE | 5,308 | 13.0% | |
| 4 | ABDUL GAFFAR KHAN | IND | 4,987 | 12.2% |
| 5 | JANAK YADAVA | Praja Socialist Party | 4,745 | 11.6% |
| 6 | MANIK CHAND SINGH | IND | 835 | 2.0% |
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 (43rd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean22.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.2% · min 1.1% · max 41.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
43rd of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.33
fewer partiesmore parties
206th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.9%
lowerhigher
107th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.33EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 41.6%SWA 19.5%BJS 13.0%IND 12.2%PSP 11.6%OTH 2.0%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,29,076
Density
919 / km²
Sex ratio
930 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,425 km²
SC population15.9%
ST population0.5%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.2%Muslim 18.4%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.3%
Electricity11.6%
Sanitation10.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.4%
Children fully vaccinated73.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.3%
Children underweight (under 5)45.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.7%
Women literate42.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.9%
Clean cooking fuel15.0%
Health insurance14.2%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Lac Bangles🏺Makhana (Foxnut)
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.