GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Chapra
Lalu Prasad (BLD) won by 3,73,800 votes (77.4%).
- Electors
- 6,58,829
- Votes polled
- 4,86,806
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 73.9%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1977 national median: 77.4% (median 24.7%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1977 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 | Lalu PrasadWinner | BLD | 4,15,409 | 86.0% |
| 2 | Ram Shekhar Prasad Singh | INC | 41,609 | 8.6% |
| 3 | Sheo Bachan Singh | CPI | 21,194 | 4.4% |
| 4 | Daroga Rai | IND | 2,345 | 0.5% |
| 5 | Shatrughna Prasad Singh | IND | 1,951 | 0.4% |
| 6 | Bhola Singh | IND | 690 | 0.1% |
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