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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Chapra

Parliamentary constituency 7 (GEN) · Bihar

State boardBihar 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#7 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants8
Electors10,02,577
Votes polled7,37,495
Turnout73.6%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerHeera Lal RaiRashtriya Janata Dal3,31,59145.0% of votes
MARGIN9,327 votes · 1.3 pp3,31,591 − 3,22,264
Runner-upRajeev Pratap Rudy Bharatiya Janata Party3,22,26443.7% of votes
RJD 50.7% of top-two votesBJP 49.3%

All candidates 8

  1. 01 Heera Lal RaiRJD3,31,591 45.0%
  2. 02 Rajeev Pratap RudyBJP3,22,264 43.7%
  3. 03 Chandrika RaiJD66,148 9.0%
  4. 04 Baidya Nath Prasad Singh VikalBJC5,810 0.8%
  5. 05 Anil Kumar SinghIND5,092 0.7%
  6. 06 Janak YadavSP3,261 0.4%
  7. 07 Pramod Kumar SinghIND1,918 0.3%
  8. 08 Srikant PrasadIND1,411 0.2%

Turnout 73.6%

025507510073.6%TURNOUT◦ state median 64.0%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 54 seats, 199864.0%
  • ReconciliationΣ 8 candidates = 7,37,495Verified

Seat history 2024–1962

  1. 2024
    16.8 pp
    Ramprit MandalJanata Dal (United)
  2. 2019
    30.5 pp
    Ramprit MandalJanata Dal (United)
  3. 2014
    5.9 pp
    Birendra Kumar ChaudharyBharatiya Janata Party
  4. 2009
    12.0 pp
    Mangani Lal MandalJanata Dal (United)
  5. 2004
    13.5 pp
    Lalu PrasadRashtriya Janata Dal
  6. 1999
    5.7 pp
    Rajiv Pratap RudiBharatiya Janata Party
  7. 1998
    1.3 pp
    Heera Lal RaiRashtriya Janata Dal
  8. 1996
    2.2 pp
    Rajiv Pratap RudiBharatiya Janata Party
  9. 1991
    19.2 pp
    Lal Babu RaiJanata Dal
  10. 1989
    21.7 pp
    Laloo PrassadJanata Dal
  11. 1984
    5.7 pp
    Ram Bahadur SinghJanata Party
  12. 1980
    2.3 pp
    Satyadeo SinghJanata Party
  13. 1977
    77.4 pp
    Lalu PrasadBharatiya Lok Dal
  14. 1971
    0.4 pp
    Ramdeo SinghSikkim Sangram Parishad
  15. 1967
    6.4 pp
    M. P. SinghIndian National Congress
  16. 1962
    8.2 pp
    Krishnakanta SinghIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 77.4 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed JD polled 66,148 votes, 7.1× the 9,327-vote margin.

    66,148 ÷ 9,327 = 7.1

  2. The top two polled 88.7% of votes; the other 6 candidates 11.3% between them.

    (3,31,591 + 3,22,264) ÷ 7,37,495 = 88.7% · 83,640 ÷ 7,37,495 = 11.3%

  3. Turnout of 73.6% was 9.6 pp above the state's median seat (64.0%).

    73.6 − 64.0 = +9.6

  4. The margin narrowed from 2.2 pp in 1996 to 1.3 pp.

    1.3 − 2.2 = −0.9 pp

  5. The seat changed hands: BJP in 1996, RJD in 1998.

    1996 BJP · 1998 RJD

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified
  • Candidate votesΣ 8 candidate lines7,37,495
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled7,37,495
  • Checkcandidates = total, NOTA outside itHolds

Candidate votes equal the published total. NOTA is reported alongside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1998 · Bihar · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates8 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 54 seats on the Bihar Lok Sabha 1998 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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