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66. Chapra

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-CHAPRA

RJD 45.0%won by 1.3%BJP 43.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which now leads by 1.3%.

  • RJD vote shareRJD went from 0.0% to 45.0% of the vote here (+45.0%).
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.7% to 73.6%.

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

Electorate
10,02,577
Turnout
73.6%
Valid votes
7,37,495
Margin
9,327
1.26%

Candidates

8 contested · winner RJD
  1. 1HEERA LAL RAIRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD3,31,59145.0%
  2. 2RAJEEV PRATAP RUDYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,22,26443.7%
  3. 3CHANDRIKA RAIJanata Dal · JD66,1489.0%
  4. 4BAIDYA NATH PRASAD SINGH VIKALBJC · BJC5,8100.8%
  5. 5ANIL KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND5,0920.7%
  6. 6JANAK YADAVSamajwadi Party · SP3,2610.4%
  7. 7PRAMOD KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1,9180.3%
  8. 8SRIKANT PRASADIndependent · IND1,4110.2%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
RJDflipped
RJD–BJP swing
+49.1%
RJD share
0.0% → 45.0%
BJP share
47.8% → 43.7%
Turnout
70.8% → 73.6%
65. Maharajganj67. Hajipur
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