Elections Archive

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

19571962196719711977198019841989199119961998199977%

Candidates

Candidates · Chapra 1984
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Ram Bahadur SinghWinnerJNP1,63,49435.9%
2Bhishmaprasad YadavINC1,37,48830.2%
3Laloo PrasadLKD1,28,70528.3%
4Madhu Sudan SinghBJP7,5651.7%
5Anirudh SinghIND4,4321.0%
6Janak YadavIND2,2240.5%
7Jhuki BhagatIND1,8600.4%
8Ramanand AnaryaIND1,7850.4%
9Laxman RaiIND1,4940.3%
10Chandrika SinghIND1,3050.3%
11Valeshwar SinghIND1,1340.2%
12Nawal Kishore NiralaIND1,1160.2%
13Vijay KumarIND9730.2%
14Jai Lagan SinghIND6760.1%
15Nirsu Narain SinghIND5030.1%
16Radha Krishna SinghIND5020.1%

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