GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Chapra
Ram Shekhar Prasad Singh (INC) won by 39,170 votes (12.8%).
- Electors
- 6,24,439
- Votes polled
- 3,10,930
- Valid votes
- 3,06,889
- Turnout
- 49.8%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1971-01-03
Margin vs 1971 national median: 12.8% (median 21.5%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1971 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 | Ram Shekhar Prasad SinghWinner | INC | 1,29,134 | 42.1% |
| 2 | Satyadeo Singh | BKD | 89,964 | 29.3% |
| 3 | Janak Yadav | PSP | 27,021 | 8.8% |
| 4 | Awadhesh Kumar Singh | BJS | 25,454 | 8.3% |
| 5 | Hari Nandan Prasad Yadav | SSP | 19,609 | 6.4% |
| 6 | Amar Kumar Pandey | SUC | 7,010 | 2.3% |
| 7 | Maksudhan Singh | IND | 3,374 | 1.1% |
| 8 | Sabdullah | IND | 1,495 | 0.5% |
| 9 | Ram Pujan Prasad | IND | 1,455 | 0.5% |
| 10 | Ram Pati Dass | IND | 813 | 0.3% |
| 11 | Rameshwar Prasad Rajpal | IND | 786 | 0.3% |
| 12 | Vishwanath Singh | IND | 774 | 0.3% |
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