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CHATRA

Constituency no. 44 in Bihar · Lok Sabha seat contested 11 times since 1962.

Bihar also has an assembly constituency called CHATRA. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 10 results.

Every election in this seat

YearWinnerRunner-upMarginMargin %CandidatesTurnout
1999RJDNagmaniBJPDhirendra Agrawal55,09913.22%1441.0%
1998BJPDHIRENDRA AGRAWALRJDNAGMANI33,3756.68%1449.1%
1996BJPDHEERENDRA AGRAWALJDKRISHNA NANDAN PRASAD54,37010.75%3349.8%
1991JDUPENDRA NATH VERMABJPDHIRENDRA AGRAWAL41,37910.33%3745.2%
1989JDUPENDER NATH VERMAINCYOGEHSWAR PARSAD YOGESH77,37117.07%1451.2%
1984INCYOGESHWAR PRASAD YOGESHICJSHUKDEO PRASAD VERMA1,56,54241.84%1351.3%
1980INC(I)RANJIT SINGHJNPSUKDEO PRASAD VERMA45,58617.08%1240.5%
1977BLDSUKDEO PRASAD VERMAINCSHANKAR DAYAL SINGH1,43,53452.79%546.8%
19711966 boundariesINCSHANKAR DYAL SINGHJAPVIJAY RAJE10,0816.43%428.7%
19671966 boundariesINDV. RAJEINCS. P. BHADANI21,97911.46%538.9%
19621961 boundariesSWAVIJAYA RAJEINCTRIBHUWAN NATH35,30425.07%237.1%

Rows are matched by constituency name within the state, so a seat that survived a delimitation keeps one continuous page. Where a year’s boundaries differ from the present ones the row says so — the name is the same, the territory is not.

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.

Who won the CHATRA constituency in 1999?

Nagmani (RJD) won CHATRA in 1999, by a margin of 55,099 votes.

Which party has won CHATRA the most times?

BJP, with 2 of the 11 wins recorded since 1962.

How many times has CHATRA gone to the polls?

11 times, from 1962 to 1999.

Who has won CHATRA the most times?

Nagmani, with 1 win between 1999 and 1999.

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