GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Chapra
Ram Bahadur Singh (JNP) won by 26,006 votes (5.7%).
- Electors
- 7,80,710
- Votes polled
- 4,60,294
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 59.0%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1984 national median: 5.7% (median 17.9%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1984 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 Bahadur SinghWinner | JNP | 1,63,494 | 35.9% |
| 2 | Bhishmaprasad Yadav | INC | 1,37,488 | 30.2% |
| 3 | Laloo Prasad | LKD | 1,28,705 | 28.3% |
| 4 | Madhu Sudan Singh | BJP | 7,565 | 1.7% |
| 5 | Anirudh Singh | IND | 4,432 | 1.0% |
| 6 | Janak Yadav | IND | 2,224 | 0.5% |
| 7 | Jhuki Bhagat | IND | 1,860 | 0.4% |
| 8 | Ramanand Anarya | IND | 1,785 | 0.4% |
| 9 | Laxman Rai | IND | 1,494 | 0.3% |
| 10 | Chandrika Singh | IND | 1,305 | 0.3% |
| 11 | Valeshwar Singh | IND | 1,134 | 0.2% |
| 12 | Nawal Kishore Nirala | IND | 1,116 | 0.2% |
| 13 | Vijay Kumar | IND | 973 | 0.2% |
| 14 | Jai Lagan Singh | IND | 676 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Nirsu Narain Singh | IND | 503 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Radha Krishna Singh | IND | 502 | 0.1% |
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