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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 223 · 1969Reserved (SC)

Chenari

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Winner — 1969

CHHATHU RAM
INC· INC
INC 32.9%SHD 15.6%6 others 51.4%
Votes
12,936
32.9% share
Winning margin
6,801
17.3% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
39.5%
of 99,448

Chenari is a safe seat — CHHATHU RAM won by 17.3%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHHATHU RAM
INC
INC
12,93632.9%
2
RAM BACHAN PASWAN
SHD
6,13515.6%
3
SURBANSH PRASAD
PSP
Praja Socialist Party
6,06215.4%
4
RAM JANAM DHOBI
JAP
4,84912.3%
5
JAISHRI CHAMAR
BJS
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
4,74312.1%
6
SHRI GOVIND RAMJ
IND
3,2568.3%
7
DUDHNATH PRASAD PASWAN
BKD
1,0132.6%
8
HIRALAL SHARMA
PBI
2820.7%

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

Average turnout (171st), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
17.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.9% · min 0.1% · max 64.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
171st of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.79
fewer partiesmore parties
68th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.7%
lowerhigher
132nd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.79EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 32.9%SHD 15.6%PSP 15.4%JAP 12.3%BJS 12.1%IND 8.3%OTH 3.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,40,073
Density
769 / km²
Sex ratio
926 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,305 km²
SC population24.1%
ST population0.0%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.2%Muslim 9.3%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.6%
Electricity11.5%
Sanitation21.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births77.5%
Children fully vaccinated89.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.2%
Children underweight (under 5)48.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.5%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.3%
Clean cooking fuel38.9%
Health insurance15.4%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Lemon Grass🏺Strawberry
Deo Surya Mandir

Deo Surya Mandir

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