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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 269 · 1972
Chatra
Winner — 1972
TAPESHWAR DEO
INC· Congress (R)
INC 44.3%BJS 37.1%2 others 18.5%
Votes
16,356
44.3% share
Winning margin
2,665
7.2% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
40.1%
of 92,066
A clear win with a 7.2% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TAPESHWAR DEO | Congress (R) | 16,356 | 44.3% |
| 2 | PRAJA PALAK NATH SINGH | Grand Alliance | 13,691 | 37.1% |
| 3 | BHUNESAB SARU | Left | 3,509 | 9.5% |
| 4 | SATRUGHAN SINGH | 3,330 | 9.0% |
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.
A two-to-three-way race.
LOADING SEAT HISTORY…
How safe is this seat?
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safe7.2%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 25.0% · min 5.0% · max 54.2%
How contested is turnout?
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49%
lowerhigher
How crowded is the field?
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2.97
fewer partiesmore parties
How much NOTA?
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— NOT REPORTEDWhere does the house stand?
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318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.97EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 44.3%BJS 37.1%CPM 9.5%SOP 9.0%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED