A backplane electrical connector (108) electrically and physically connects a daughter card printed circuit board (102) to a backplane printed circuit boar (104). The electrical connect can be of a two piece construction including a daughtercard connector mateable with a pin header. The daughtercard connector can be assembled from a plurality of wafers (140) which each can include a plurality of conductive leads (160). The wafers can have an attachment edge that lies adjacent to the daughtercard and a mating edge that is directed toward the pin header. Each conductive lead can include a bifurcated contact extending from the mating edge and each can have a first arm (172) and a second arm (174). The first and second arms can provide two redundant points of contact with a corresponding conductive pin disposed in the pin header.
