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Constituency

231. Chainpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1990

BR-CHAINPUR

BJP 23.1%won by 4.3%BSP 18.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 4.3%.

  • New challengerBahujan Samaj Party (BSP) finished second with 18.8% — it did not contest here in 1985.
  • Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
85,131
Margin
3,654
4.29%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJPBSP swing
−16.4%
BJP share
20.7% 23.1%
BSP share
0.0% 18.8%
Turnout