SC · Bihar 1947 1999
Chatra
Ranjit Singh (INC(I)) won by 45,586 votes (17.1%).
- Electors
- 6,58,959
- Votes polled
- 2,75,401
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 41.8%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1980 national median: 17.1% (median 16.7%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1980 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 | Ranjit SinghWinner | INC(I) | 1,06,751 | 40.0% |
| 2 | Sukdeo Prasad Verma | JNP | 61,165 | 22.9% |
| 3 | Sachita Nand Singh | JNP(S) | 46,545 | 17.4% |
| 4 | Mustaque Ali Khan | IND | 19,934 | 7.5% |
| 5 | Badri Narayan Gupta | IND | 8,569 | 3.2% |
| 6 | Chatur Singh | IND | 6,413 | 2.4% |
| 7 | Chandradip Gope | IND | 4,461 | 1.7% |
| 8 | Chandra Bhushan Singh | IND | 4,347 | 1.6% |
| 9 | Ram Prasad Dubey | IND | 3,480 | 1.3% |
| 10 | Baleshwar Prasad | JKD | 1,774 | 0.7% |
| 11 | Kamdeo Singh | IND | 1,716 | 0.6% |
| 12 | Anwar Rahi | IND | 1,683 | 0.6% |
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