Election
Constituency

101. Chatra

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-CHATRA

JD 38.1%won by 10.3%BJP 27.7%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.1% to 10.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 27.7% — it did not contest here in 1989.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.8% between them, down from 82.1% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 6.0% to 45.2%.

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

Electorate
8,85,639
Turnout
45.2%
Valid votes
4,00,522
Margin
41,379
10.33%

Candidates

37 contested · winner JD
  1. 1UPENDRA NATH VERMAJanata Dal · JD1,52,47738.1%
  2. 2DHIRENDRA AGRAWALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,11,09827.7%
  3. 3NAGMANIIndian National Congress · INC80,15520.0%
  4. 4AJOY KUMAR SINGHJanahitha Paksha · JP16,6634.2%
  5. 5BHUNESHWAR YADAVIndependent · IND12,7023.2%
  6. 6KRISHNA MURARI SINGHIPF · IPF9,4622.4%
  7. 7AJOY CHANDRA SINHAIndependent · IND2,2580.6%
  8. 8LONIK SINGHIndependent · IND1,6970.4%
  9. 9PURAN CHANDIndependent · IND1,6050.4%
  10. 10VISHWANATH SINGHIndependent · IND1,2110.3%
  11. 11BACHAN SINGHIndependent · IND1,0580.3%
  12. 12RAM NANDAN SINGHIndependent · IND9050.2%
  13. 13AMIKA DEVI (W)SKD · SKD7820.2%
  14. 14BRIJANANDAN SINGHIndependent · IND7230.2%
  15. 15SYED JAVAID KARIMBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6680.2%
  16. 16CHANDRA BHUSHAN PRASAD SHARMAIndependent · IND6490.2%
  17. 17ASHOK KUMARIndependent · IND6160.2%
  18. 18NAGESHWAR PRASADIndependent · IND6060.2%
  19. 19VIJAI PASWANIndependent · IND5540.1%
  20. 20SASHI BHUSHAN SINGHIndependent · IND5200.1%
  21. 21NARESH SINGHIndependent · IND4820.1%
  22. 22SHIV PRASAD MAHTOPBI · PBI3980.1%
  23. 23VASHISTH SINGHIndependent · IND3950.1%
  24. 24SUNAINA DEVI (W)LKD · LKD3760.1%
  25. 25KAMESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND3560.1%
  26. 26RAM PRAVESH YADAVBKUS · BKUS2820.1%
  27. 27KRISHNA KUMAR JAISAIndependent · IND2570.1%
  28. 28NARESH KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND2390.1%
  29. 29RAJENDRA PRASADIndependent · IND2090.1%
  30. 30SUNIL SINGHIndependent · IND1840.0%
  31. 31VIVEKANAND MISHRAIndependent · IND1760.0%
  32. 32RAMDEO RAMDDP · DDP1600.0%
  33. 33MANOJ KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1580.0%
  34. 34VIJAY KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1560.0%
  35. 35SHEODENI SINGHIndependent · IND1060.0%
  36. 36SACHIDANAND SINGHIndependent · IND900.0%
  37. 37RADHE SHYAM PRASADIndependent · IND890.0%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
JD
JDBJP swing
−39.3%
JD share
49.6% 38.1%
BJP share
0.0% 27.7%
Turnout
51.2% 45.2%