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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 43 · 1969
Chapra
Winner — 1969
JANAK YADAV
PSP· Praja Socialist Party
PSP 32.3%INC 30.6%4 others 37.1%
Votes
18,747
32.3% share
Winning margin
1,009
1.7% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
58.5%
of 99,094
Chapra was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.7% — fewer than 1,009 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JANAK YADAV | Praja Socialist Party | 18,747 | 32.3% |
| 2 | SATYADEO SINGH | INC | 17,738 | 30.6% |
| 3 | UDAI PRATAP NARAIN SINGH | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 14,052 | 24.2% |
| 4 | DHURANDHAR SINGH | Left | 6,618 | 11.4% |
| 5 | RAMESHWAR PRASAD BAJPAI | IND | 415 | 0.7% |
| 6 | LALAN PRASAD | SHD | 392 | 0.7% |
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.
Average turnout (67th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe1.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.4% · min 1.7% · max 51.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
67th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.42
fewer partiesmore parties
171st of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.5%
lowerhigher
41st of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.42EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 32.3%INC 30.6%BJS 24.2%CPI 11.4%OTH 1.4%
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.