SC · Bihar 1947 1999
Chatra
Sukdeo Prasad Verma (BLD) won by 1,43,534 votes (52.8%).
- Electors
- 5,80,623
- Votes polled
- 2,78,508
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 48.0%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1977 national median: 52.8% (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.
Comfortable (10–20%)Flipped vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 13.2%(+6.5%)
- Turnout
- 42.0%(-8.3%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 92.2%
Winning margin over time · Chatra
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sukdeo Prasad VermaWinner | BLD | 2,03,878 | 75.0% |
| 2 | Shankar Dayal Singh | INC | 60,344 | 22.2% |
| 3 | Laldeo Prasad Shastri | IND | 3,930 | 1.4% |
| 4 | Haridwar Pathak | IND | 2,108 | 0.8% |
| 5 | Haribansh Singh | IND | 1,629 | 0.6% |
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