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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 283 · 1980

Nirsa

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Winner — 1980

KRIPA SHANKAR CHATTERJEE
IND
IND 73.8%INC(I) 20.0%7 others 6.2%
Votes
43,257
73.8% share
Winning margin
31,514
53.8% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
44.5%
of 1,31,830

Nirsa is a safe seat — KRIPA SHANKAR CHATTERJEE won by 53.8%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KRIPA SHANKAR CHATTERJEE
IND
43,25773.8%
2
CHANDAN GHOSH
INC(I)
Congress (I)
11,74320.0%
3
NARESH CHANDRA NAG
BJP
BJP
9271.6%
4
RAJENDRA PRASAD SINGH
IND
7091.2%
5
YOGENDRA SINGH
JNP(JP)
5761.0%
6
VINOD MANJHI
IND
5681.0%
7
NIRAN CHANDRA
IND
4290.7%
8
CHURAMAN MAHATO
IND
2350.4%
9
SHEO LAL MANJHI
IND
1920.3%

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

An essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
53.8%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 14.6% · min 0.6% · max 53.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
57%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.64
fewer partiesmore parties

How much NOTA?

SEAT
— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.64EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 73.8%INC(I) 20.0%OTH 6.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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