Elections Archive

GEN · Bihar 1947 1999

Chapra

Heera Lal Rai (RJD) won by 9,327 votes (1.3%).

Electors
10,02,577
Votes polled
7,45,111
Valid votes
Turnout
74.3%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1998 national median: 1.3% (median 7.6%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1998 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 1998
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Heera Lal RaiWinnerRJD3,31,59145.0%
2Rajeev Pratap RudyBJP3,22,26443.7%
3Chandrika RaiJD66,1489.0%
4Baidya Nath Prasad Singh VikalBJC5,8100.8%
5Anil Kumar SinghIND5,0920.7%
6Janak YadavSP3,2610.4%
7Pramod Kumar SinghIND1,9180.3%
8Srikant PrasadIND1,4110.2%

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