Constituency
101. Chatra
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991
IN-CHATRA
JD 38.1%won by 10.3%BJP 27.7%
What changed here
DerivedJanata 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- 1UPENDRA NATH VERMAJanata Dal · JD1,52,47738.1%
- 2DHIRENDRA AGRAWALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,11,09827.7%
- 3NAGMANIIndian National Congress · INC80,15520.0%
- 4AJOY KUMAR SINGHJanahitha Paksha · JP16,6634.2%
- 5BHUNESHWAR YADAVIndependent · IND12,7023.2%
- 6KRISHNA MURARI SINGHIPF · IPF9,4622.4%
- 7AJOY CHANDRA SINHAIndependent · IND2,2580.6%
- 8LONIK SINGHIndependent · IND1,6970.4%
- 9PURAN CHANDIndependent · IND1,6050.4%
- 10VISHWANATH SINGHIndependent · IND1,2110.3%
- 11BACHAN SINGHIndependent · IND1,0580.3%
- 12RAM NANDAN SINGHIndependent · IND9050.2%
- 13AMIKA DEVI (W)SKD · SKD7820.2%
- 14BRIJANANDAN SINGHIndependent · IND7230.2%
- 15SYED JAVAID KARIMBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6680.2%
- 16CHANDRA BHUSHAN PRASAD SHARMAIndependent · IND6490.2%
- 17ASHOK KUMARIndependent · IND6160.2%
- 18NAGESHWAR PRASADIndependent · IND6060.2%
- 19VIJAI PASWANIndependent · IND5540.1%
- 20SASHI BHUSHAN SINGHIndependent · IND5200.1%
- 21NARESH SINGHIndependent · IND4820.1%
- 22SHIV PRASAD MAHTOPBI · PBI3980.1%
- 23VASHISTH SINGHIndependent · IND3950.1%
- 24SUNAINA DEVI (W)LKD · LKD3760.1%
- 25KAMESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND3560.1%
- 26RAM PRAVESH YADAVBKUS · BKUS2820.1%
- 27KRISHNA KUMAR JAISAIndependent · IND2570.1%
- 28NARESH KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND2390.1%
- 29RAJENDRA PRASADIndependent · IND2090.1%
- 30SUNIL SINGHIndependent · IND1840.0%
- 31VIVEKANAND MISHRAIndependent · IND1760.0%
- 32RAMDEO RAMDDP · DDP1600.0%
- 33MANOJ KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1580.0%
- 34VIJAY KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1560.0%
- 35SHEODENI SINGHIndependent · IND1060.0%
- 36SACHIDANAND SINGHIndependent · IND900.0%
- 37RADHE SHYAM PRASADIndependent · IND890.0%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- JD
- Winner now
- JD
- JD–BJP swing
- −39.3%
- JD share
- 49.6% → 38.1%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 27.7%
- Turnout
- 51.2% → 45.2%