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Constituency

89. Chatra

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-CHATRA

JD 49.6%won by 17.1%INC 32.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Dal (JD), which now leads by 17.1%.

  • JD vote shareJD went from 0.0% to 49.6% of the vote here (+49.6%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.1% of the vote between them, up from 71.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
8,85,097
Turnout
51.2%
Valid votes
4,53,260
Margin
77,371
17.07%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
JDflipped
JDINC swing
+73.5%
JD share
0.0% 49.6%
INC share
56.4% 32.5%
Turnout
51.3% 51.2%