GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Chapra
Ramsekhar Prasad Singh (INC) won by 21,204 votes (9.6%).
- Electors
- 4,59,344
- Votes polled
- 2,28,117
- Valid votes
- 2,21,420
- Turnout
- 49.7%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1962-03-19
Margin vs 1962 national median: 9.6% (median 12.2%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1962 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Competitive (5–10%)Flipped vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 5.7%(+4.4%)
- Turnout
- 77.6%(+3.3%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 95.8%
Winning margin over time · Chapra
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramsekhar Prasad SinghWinner | INC | 85,952 | 38.8% |
| 2 | Rajendra Singh | PSP | 64,748 | 29.2% |
| 3 | Harmandan Prasad Yadav | IND | 34,637 | 15.6% |
| 4 | Bhikari Nath | IND | 22,460 | 10.1% |
| 5 | Ramsubhag Singh | SOC | 8,593 | 3.9% |
| 6 | Ratna Devi | RRP | 5,030 | 2.3% |
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