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103. Chatra

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-CHATRA

BJP 45.1%won by 6.7%RJD 38.4%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.8% to 6.7%.

  • New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 38.4% — it did not contest here in 1996.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.4% of the vote between them, up from 75.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
10,18,303
Turnout
49.1%
Valid votes
4,99,541
Margin
33,375
6.68%

Candidates

14 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1DHIRENDRA AGRAWALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,25,08645.1%
  2. 2NAGMANIRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD1,91,71138.4%
  3. 3MD. SAEED KHAJanata Dal · JD33,0476.6%
  4. 4DWARIKA PRASADSanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD14,8973.0%
  5. 5NARESH BHUIYANIndependent · IND14,5862.9%
  6. 6RANJEET SINGHSamajwadi Party · SP6,7651.4%
  7. 7LAKSHMAN THAKURLok Shakti · LS3,6520.7%
  8. 8RAFI ALAMIndependent · IND2,2580.5%
  9. 9GIRDHAREE YADAVIndependent · IND1,8740.4%
  10. 10ASHOK SHARMAAJBP · AJBP1,7630.4%
  11. 11YAM NARAYAN SINGHIndependent · IND1,2490.3%
  12. 12HASIB UDIN KHANIndependent · IND1,2450.2%
  13. 13YUGAL KISHOR YADAVBMF · BMF1,0450.2%
  14. 14RAM LAKHAN RISHIYASHANIndependent · IND3630.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–RJD swing
−36.2%
BJP share
42.9% → 45.1%
RJD share
0.0% → 38.4%
Turnout
49.8% → 49.1%
102. Gaya104. Kodarma
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