Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Chapra (Bihar) was won by Lalu Prasad (Rashtriya Janata Dal) at the 2004 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 60,423 votes over Rajeev Pratap Rudy. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Chapra, Bihar, from 1957 to 2004.
Full Election History, 1957–2004
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1957
Rajendra Singh
Praja Socialist Party
75,994
45.7%
Leela Devi Verma (Indian National Congress)
2,948 (1.8 pts)
1962
Ramsekhar Prasad Singh
Indian National Congress
85,952
38.8%
Rajendra Singh (Praja Socialist Party)
21,204 (9.6 pts)
1967
R. P. Singh
Indian National Congress
83,267
29.9%
H. P. Yadav (Samyukta Socialist Party)
28,209 (10.1 pts)
1971
Ram Shekhar Prasad Singh
Indian National Congress
129,134
42.1%
Satyadeo Singh (BKD)
39,170 (12.8 pts)
1977
Lalu Prasad
Bharatiya Lok Dal
415,409
86.0%
Ram Shekhar Prasad Singh (Indian National Congress)
373,800 (77.4 pts)
1980
Satyadeo Singh
Janata Party
160,054
41.2%
Lallu Prasad (Janata Party (Secular))
8,781 (2.3 pts)
1984
Ram Bahadur Singh
Janata Party
163,494
35.9%
Bhishmaprasad Yadav (Indian National Congress)
26,006 (5.7 pts)
1989
Laloo Prassad
Janata Dal
333,897
51.1%
Tajiv Ranjan Singh (JNP (JP))
141,882 (21.7 pts)
1991
Lal Babu Rai
Janata Dal
350,282
53.8%
Rajiv Ranjan Singh (Janata Party)
124,573 (19.1 pts)
1996
Rajiv Pratap Rudi
Bharatiya Janata Party
339,086
47.8%
Lal Babu Rai (Janata Dal)
15,496 (2.2 pts)
1998
Heera Lal Rai
Rashtriya Janata Dal
331,591
45.0%
Rajeev Pratap Rudy (Bharatiya Janata Party)
9,327 (1.3 pts)
1999
Rajiv Pratap Rudi
Bharatiya Janata Party
390,477
50.7%
Hira Lal Rai (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
43,553 (5.7 pts)
2004
Lalu Prasad
Rashtriya Janata Dal
228,882
51.3%
Rajeev Pratap Rudy (Bharatiya Janata Party)
60,423 (13.5 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1957
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Rajendra Singh
Praja Socialist Party
75,994
45.7%
Leela Devi Verma
Indian National Congress
73,046
43.9%
P. N. Singh
Independent
17,282
10.4%
1962
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ramsekhar Prasad Singh
Indian National Congress
85,952
38.8%
Rajendra Singh
Praja Socialist Party
64,748
29.2%
Harmandan Prasad Yadav
Independent
34,637
15.6%
Bhikari Nath
Independent
22,460
10.1%
Ramsubhag Singh
Socialist Party
8,593
3.9%
Ratna Devi
RRP
5,030
2.3%
1967
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
R. P. Singh
Indian National Congress
83,267
29.9%
H. P. Yadav
Samyukta Socialist Party
55,058
19.8%
A. K. Singh
Independent
36,210
13.0%
M. Shriwastava
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
28,297
10.2%
C. Singh
JKD
22,875
8.2%
R. Das
Independent
15,855
5.7%
S. N. Singh
Swatantra Party
15,309
5.5%
V. Singh
Independent
11,433
4.1%
H. Roy
Independent
10,314
3.7%
1971
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ram Shekhar Prasad Singh
Indian National Congress
129,134
42.1%
Satyadeo Singh
BKD
89,964
29.3%
Janak Yadav
Praja Socialist Party
27,021
8.8%
Awadhesh Kumar Singh
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
25,454
8.3%
Hari Nandan Prasad Yadav
Samyukta Socialist Party
19,609
6.4%
Amar Kumar Pandey
SUC
7,010
2.3%
Maksudhan Singh
Independent
3,374
1.1%
Sabdullah
Independent
1,495
0.5%
Ram Pujan Prasad
Independent
1,455
0.5%
Ram Pati Dass
Independent
813
0.3%
Rameshwar Prasad Rajpal
Independent
786
0.3%
Vishwanath Singh
Independent
774
0.3%
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Lalu Prasad
Bharatiya Lok Dal
415,409
86.0%
Ram Shekhar Prasad Singh
Indian National Congress
41,609
8.6%
Sheo Bachan Singh
Communist Party of India
21,194
4.4%
Daroga Rai
Independent
2,345
0.5%
Shatrughna Prasad Singh
Independent
1,951
0.4%
Bhola Singh
Independent
690
0.1%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Satyadeo Singh
Janata Party
160,054
41.2%
Lallu Prasad
Janata Party (Secular)
151,273
38.9%
Budhan Prasad Yadav
Congress (I)
58,510
15.1%
Anirudh Singh
Independent
2,533
0.7%
Kedarnath Singh
Independent
2,406
0.6%
Ramshekhar Prasad Singh
Congress (U)
1,991
0.5%
Ram Sochan Singh Alias Ram Lochan Singh
Independent
1,534
0.4%
Nand Kishore Singh
Independent
1,353
0.3%
Hari Ram Singh
Independent
1,209
0.3%
Ramesh Kumar Singh
Independent
1,098
0.3%
S. Samshul Haque
Independent
1,017
0.3%
Chandra Shekhar Prasad Yadav
Independent
1,010
0.3%
Rameshwar Pd. Singh Bishwavandhu
Independent
889
0.2%
Tribhuan Rai
Independent
823
0.2%
Omeshwar Singh
Independent
691
0.2%
Amrit Choudhary
Independent
666
0.2%
Satrughan Prasad Singh
Independent
611
0.2%
Sheodhyan Thakur
Independent
553
0.1%
Radha Krishan Bhagwan Singh
Independent
415
0.1%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ram Bahadur Singh
Janata Party
163,494
35.9%
Bhishmaprasad Yadav
Indian National Congress
137,488
30.2%
Laloo Prasad
LKD
128,705
28.3%
Madhu Sudan Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party
7,565
1.7%
Anirudh Singh
Independent
4,432
1.0%
Janak Yadav
Independent
2,224
0.5%
Jhuki Bhagat
Independent
1,860
0.4%
Ramanand Anarya
Independent
1,785
0.4%
Laxman Rai
Independent
1,494
0.3%
Chandrika Singh
Independent
1,305
0.3%
Valeshwar Singh
Independent
1,134
0.2%
Nawal Kishore Nirala
Independent
1,116
0.2%
Vijay Kumar
Independent
973
0.2%
Jai Lagan Singh
Independent
676
0.1%
Nirsu Narain Singh
Independent
503
0.1%
Radha Krishna Singh
Independent
502
0.1%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Laloo Prassad
Janata Dal
333,897
51.1%
Tajiv Ranjan Singh
JNP (JP)
192,015
29.4%
Haira Lal Rai
Indian National Congress
117,327
18.0%
Ramendra Prassad
LKD (B)
2,876
0.4%
Mahbub Mia
Independent
1,153
0.2%
Ram Marain Singh
Independent
1,057
0.2%
Om Prakash Sharma
Bahujan Samaj Party
899
0.1%
Nawal Kishor Giri Nirala
Independent
722
0.1%
Rajendra Singh
DDP
715
0.1%
Satya Narain Singh
Independent
372
0.1%
Raghubansh Singh
Independent
338
0.1%
Satyadeo Tripathi
Independent
285
0.0%
Bhushan Prassad
Independent
270
0.0%
Tarkeshwar Prassad
Independent
259
0.0%
Awdesh Kr. Singh
Independent
226
0.0%
Ramanand Anay
PVP
222
0.0%
Kameshvar Oiha
Independent
164
0.0%
Agit Singh
Independent
132
0.0%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Lal Babu Rai
Janata Dal
350,282
53.8%
Rajiv Ranjan Singh
Janata Party
225,709
34.7%
Ram Jaypal Singh Yadav
Indian National Congress
42,293
6.5%
Ram Das Rai
Bharatiya Janata Party
26,955
4.1%
Gudu Sharma
Independent
1,280
0.2%
Gonar Mahto
Independent
878
0.1%
Ram Das Singh
Independent
424
0.1%
Chaturbhuj Tewari
Independent
418
0.1%
Krishna Rai
Independent
413
0.1%
Anugarah Narain Singh
AZP
305
0.0%
Lalan Kumar Singh
Independent
252
0.0%
Nawal Kishorenirala
Independent
186
0.0%
Anil Kr. Tiwari
Independent
179
0.0%
Vijaya Nand
DBM
175
0.0%
Jang Bahadur Singh
Independent
172
0.0%
Angad Singh
DDP
134
0.0%
Devendar Singh
Independent
98
0.0%
Raghubendra Naraian Mehta
Independent
80
0.0%
Vinod Kumar Singh
Independent
78
0.0%
Arvind Kumar
Independent
69
0.0%
Rameshwar Singh Vishwabandhu
Independent
55
0.0%
Prem Pratap Singh
Independent
41
0.0%
Jagdish Singh
Independent
21
0.0%
Virendra Rai
Independent
14
0.0%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Rajiv Pratap Rudi
Bharatiya Janata Party
339,086
47.8%
Lal Babu Rai
Janata Dal
323,590
45.6%
Ram Babu Rai
Independent
22,912
3.2%
Kavita Singh
Indian National Congress
12,489
1.8%
Jawahar Lal Chaudhari
Independent
4,781
0.7%
Ashok Singh
Independent
863
0.1%
Anil Kumar
Independent
793
0.1%
Prabhu Nath Singh
Independent
791
0.1%
Devendra Singh
AIIC(T)
516
0.1%
Mahesh Singh
Independent
499
0.1%
Umashankar Singh Kushwaha
Independent
432
0.1%
Nawal Kishor Giri Nirala
Independent
403
0.1%
Rajesh Kumar
Independent
335
0.0%
Swaminath Dubey
Independent
321
0.0%
Anil Kumar Tiwary
Independent
218
0.0%
Ram Ishwar Rai
Independent
205
0.0%
Trilok Singh
Independent
195
0.0%
Rajendra Pd. Chaudhary
Independent
183
0.0%
Ambika Rai
Independent
169
0.0%
Chandra Bhushan Pd. Yadav
Independent
138
0.0%
Ganesh Singh
Independent
134
0.0%
Vijay Kumar Prasad
Independent
107
0.0%
Vindeshwari Singh
Independent
97
0.0%
Chandra Bhushan Singh
Independent
80
0.0%
Sanjay Kumar Singh
Independent
68
0.0%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Heera Lal Rai
Rashtriya Janata Dal
331,591
45.0%
Rajeev Pratap Rudy
Bharatiya Janata Party
322,264
43.7%
Chandrika Rai
Janata Dal
66,148
9.0%
Baidya Nath Prasad Singh Vikal
BJC
5,810
0.8%
Anil Kumar Singh
Independent
5,092
0.7%
Janak Yadav
Samajwadi Party
3,261
0.4%
Pramod Kumar Singh
Independent
1,918
0.3%
Srikant Prasad
Independent
1,411
0.2%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Rajiv Pratap Rudi
Bharatiya Janata Party
390,477
50.7%
Hira Lal Rai
Rashtriya Janata Dal
346,924
45.1%
Bachchu Prasad Biru
Bahujan Samaj Party
12,378
1.6%
Lal Babu Rai
Janata Dal (Secular)
11,689
1.5%
Praveen Kumar
Independent
3,208
0.4%
Anil Kumar Singh
Independent
2,562
0.3%
Ajay Kumar Singh
Nationalist Congress Party
2,385
0.3%
Ram Kripal Prasad Yadav
Independent
452
0.1%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Lalu Prasad
Rashtriya Janata Dal
228,882
51.3%
Rajeev Pratap Rudy
Bharatiya Janata Party
168,459
37.8%
Abhay Raj Kishor Rai
Bahujan Samaj Party
12,322
2.8%
Brajesh Kumar
Independent
10,753
2.4%
Bachchu Prasad
Samajwadi Party
8,910
2.0%
Narendra Kumar Singh
Independent
5,775
1.3%
Manoranjan Kumar Srivastava
Independent
5,264
1.2%
Kamala Saran
Independent
3,187
0.7%
Rajeshwar Singh
AD
2,549
0.6%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
Trend
Chapra has been contested at 13 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Praja Socialist Party, Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Janata Party, Janata Dal, Bharatiya Janata Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Chapra in the 2004 Lok Sabha election?
Lalu Prasad (Rashtriya Janata Dal) won Chapra, Bihar, in 2004 with 228,882 votes (51.3%), a margin of 60,423 votes over Rajeev Pratap Rudy.
Which parties have won Chapra since 1957?
Since 1957, Chapra has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, Janata Party, Praja Socialist Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal.
What was the closest result in Chapra?
The closest result on record for Chapra was 1998, when Rashtriya Janata Dal beat Bharatiya Janata Party by just 9,327 votes (1.3 percentage points).