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Winner — 1977

MITHLESH KUMAR SINGH
JNP· Janata
JNP 51.6%IND 23.5%9 others 25.0%
Votes
32,865
51.5% share
Winning margin
17,887
28.1% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
54.9%
of 1,16,114

Chapra is a safe seat — MITHLESH KUMAR SINGH won by 28.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MITHLESH KUMAR SINGH
Janata
32,86551.5%
2
JANAK YADAV
IND
14,97823.5%
3
RAM JAIPAL SINGH YADAV
INC
13,73421.5%
4
SHANKAR PRASAD
IND
5400.8%
5
MUKHTAR AHMED
IND
4320.7%
6
RAMJI SINGH
IND
4230.7%
7
RAMESHWAR PRASAD RAJPAL
IND
4020.6%
8
LALIT MOHAN SINGH YADAV
IND
1240.2%
9
SHRIMATI SUNDARI DEVI
IND
1050.2%
10
SHIV KUMAR SINGH
IND
1040.2%
11
UDAI PRATAP N. SINGH
IND
450.1%

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 (35th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
28.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.6% · min 1.0% · max 42.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
35th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
190th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.8%
lowerhigher
24th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 51.5%IND 23.5%INC 21.5%OTH 3.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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.

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