SC · Bihar 1947 1999
Chatra
Yogeshwar Prasad Yogesh (INC) won by 1,56,542 votes (41.8%).
- Electors
- 7,29,752
- Votes polled
- 3,82,616
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 52.4%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1984 national median: 41.8% (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.
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 | Yogeshwar Prasad YogeshWinner | INC | 2,11,020 | 56.4% |
| 2 | Shukdeo Prasad Verma | ICJ | 54,478 | 14.6% |
| 3 | Inder Singh Namdhari | BJP | 53,971 | 14.4% |
| 4 | Vinod Singh | IND | 26,753 | 7.2% |
| 5 | Rabindra Pratap | IND | 8,438 | 2.3% |
| 6 | Madhu Singh | IND | 4,658 | 1.2% |
| 7 | Gulam Hasain Ali | IND | 3,275 | 0.9% |
| 8 | Faudar Yadav | IND | 3,000 | 0.8% |
| 9 | Sheo Shanker Singh | IND | 2,612 | 0.7% |
| 10 | Tara Nath Sharma | IND | 1,983 | 0.5% |
| 11 | Kamdeo Prasad Singh | IND | 1,791 | 0.5% |
| 12 | Haridwar Pathak | IND | 1,281 | 0.3% |
| 13 | Akhauri Amrendra | IND | 881 | 0.2% |
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