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Chatra, Bihar — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Chatra (Bihar) was won by Nagmani (Rashtriya Janata Dal) at the 1999 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 55,099 votes over Dhirendra Agrawal. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Chatra, Bihar, from 1957 to 1999.

Full Election History, 1957–1999

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1957 Vijaya Raje CNSPJP 84,234 66.0% Chapalendu Bhattacharji (Indian National Congress) 40,752 (31.9 pts)
1962 Vijaya Raje Swatantra Party 88,066 62.5% Tribhuwan Nath (Indian National Congress) 35,304 (25.1 pts)
1967 V. Raje Independent 66,329 34.6% S. P. Bhadani (Indian National Congress) 21,979 (11.5 pts)
1971 Shankar Dyal Singh Indian National Congress 67,786 43.2% Vijay Raje (JAP) 10,081 (6.4 pts)
1977 Sukdeo Prasad Verma Bharatiya Lok Dal 203,878 75.0% Shankar Dayal Singh (Indian National Congress) 143,534 (52.8 pts)
1980 Ranjit Singh Congress (I) 106,751 40.0% Sukdeo Prasad Verma (Janata Party) 45,586 (17.1 pts)
1984 Yogeshwar Prasad Yogesh Indian National Congress 211,020 56.4% Shukdeo Prasad Verma (ICJ) 156,542 (41.8 pts)
1989 Upender Nath Verma Janata Dal 224,839 49.6% Yogehswar Parsad Yogesh (Indian National Congress) 77,371 (17.1 pts)
1991 Upendra Nath Verma Janata Dal 152,477 38.1% Dhirendra Agrawal (Bharatiya Janata Party) 41,379 (10.3 pts)
1996 Dheerendra Agrawal Bharatiya Janata Party 216,715 42.9% Krishna Nandan Prasad (Janata Dal) 54,370 (10.8 pts)
1998 Dhirendra Agrawal Bharatiya Janata Party 225,086 45.1% Nagmani (Rashtriya Janata Dal) 33,375 (6.7 pts)
1999 Nagmani Rashtriya Janata Dal 219,783 52.7% Dhirendra Agrawal (Bharatiya Janata Party) 55,099 (13.2 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Vijaya Raje CNSPJP 84,234 66.0%
Chapalendu Bhattacharji Indian National Congress 43,482 34.0%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Vijaya Raje Swatantra Party 88,066 62.5%
Tribhuwan Nath Indian National Congress 52,762 37.5%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
V. Raje Independent 66,329 34.6%
S. P. Bhadani Indian National Congress 44,350 23.1%
Y. Singh Samyukta Socialist Party 36,210 18.9%
S. Prasad Bharatiya Jana Sangh 30,100 15.7%
R. N. Gupta Praja Socialist Party 14,861 7.7%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Shankar Dyal Singh Indian National Congress 67,786 43.2%
Vijay Raje JAP 57,705 36.8%
Vishwanath Modi Samyukta Socialist Party 29,429 18.8%
Surendra Nath Sharma Independent 1,845 1.2%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sukdeo Prasad Verma Bharatiya Lok Dal 203,878 75.0%
Shankar Dayal Singh Indian National Congress 60,344 22.2%
Laldeo Prasad Shastri Independent 3,930 1.4%
Haridwar Pathak Independent 2,108 0.8%
Haribansh Singh Independent 1,629 0.6%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ranjit Singh Congress (I) 106,751 40.0%
Sukdeo Prasad Verma Janata Party 61,165 22.9%
Sachita Nand Singh Janata Party (Secular) 46,545 17.4%
Mustaque Ali Khan Independent 19,934 7.5%
Badri Narayan Gupta Independent 8,569 3.2%
Chatur Singh Independent 6,413 2.4%
Chandradip Gope Independent 4,461 1.7%
Chandra Bhushan Singh Independent 4,347 1.6%
Ram Prasad Dubey Independent 3,480 1.3%
Baleshwar Prasad JKD 1,774 0.7%
Kamdeo Singh Independent 1,716 0.6%
Anwar Rahi Independent 1,683 0.6%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Yogeshwar Prasad Yogesh Indian National Congress 211,020 56.4%
Shukdeo Prasad Verma ICJ 54,478 14.6%
Inder Singh Namdhari Bharatiya Janata Party 53,971 14.4%
Vinod Singh Independent 26,753 7.2%
Rabindra Pratap Independent 8,438 2.3%
Madhu Singh Independent 4,658 1.2%
Gulam Hasain Ali Independent 3,275 0.9%
Faudar Yadav Independent 3,000 0.8%
Sheo Shanker Singh Independent 2,612 0.7%
Tara Nath Sharma Independent 1,983 0.5%
Kamdeo Prasad Singh Independent 1,791 0.5%
Haridwar Pathak Independent 1,281 0.3%
Akhauri Amrendra Independent 881 0.2%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Upender Nath Verma Janata Dal 224,839 49.6%
Yogehswar Parsad Yogesh Indian National Congress 147,468 32.5%
Raja Ram IPF 35,502 7.8%
Md. Wahazul Haque Independent 26,400 5.8%
Puran Chand LKD (B) 5,890 1.3%
Chandra Chushan Prasad Sharma Independent 2,850 0.6%
Jamal Miya JMM 2,313 0.5%
Shambhu Singh Independent 1,666 0.4%
Radhey Shyam Prasad Independent 1,242 0.3%
Vavaneshwar Prasad Singh SSD 1,189 0.3%
Rajendra Prasad Independent 1,179 0.3%
Vasudeo Mahto DDP 1,168 0.3%
Raj Kishor Dubey Independent 878 0.2%
Shiv Shankar Singh Independent 676 0.1%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Upendra Nath Verma Janata Dal 152,477 38.1%
Dhirendra Agrawal Bharatiya Janata Party 111,098 27.7%
Nagmani Indian National Congress 80,155 20.0%
Ajoy Kumar Singh Janata Party 16,663 4.2%
Bhuneshwar Yadav Independent 12,702 3.2%
Krishna Murari Singh IPF 9,462 2.4%
Ajoy Chandra Sinha Independent 2,258 0.6%
Lonik Singh Independent 1,697 0.4%
Puran Chand Independent 1,605 0.4%
Vishwanath Singh Independent 1,211 0.3%
Bachan Singh Independent 1,058 0.3%
Ram Nandan Singh Independent 905 0.2%
Amika Devi (W) SKD 782 0.2%
Brijanandan Singh Independent 723 0.2%
Syed Javaid Karim Bahujan Samaj Party 668 0.2%
Chandra Bhushan Prasad Sharma Independent 649 0.2%
Ashok Kumar Independent 616 0.2%
Nageshwar Prasad Independent 606 0.2%
Vijai Paswan Independent 554 0.1%
Sashi Bhushan Singh Independent 520 0.1%
Naresh Singh Independent 482 0.1%
Shiv Prasad Mahto PBI 398 0.1%
Vashisth Singh Independent 395 0.1%
Sunaina Devi (W) LKD 376 0.1%
Kameshwar Singh Independent 356 0.1%
Ram Pravesh Yadav BKUS 282 0.1%
Krishna Kumar Jaisa Independent 257 0.1%
Naresh Kumar Singh Independent 239 0.1%
Rajendra Prasad Independent 209 0.1%
Sunil Singh Independent 184 0.0%
Vivekanand Mishra Independent 176 0.0%
Ramdeo Ram DDP 160 0.0%
Manoj Kumar Singh Independent 158 0.0%
Vijay Kumar Singh Independent 156 0.0%
Sheodeni Singh Independent 106 0.0%
Sachidanand Singh Independent 90 0.0%
Radhe Shyam Prasad Independent 89 0.0%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dheerendra Agrawal Bharatiya Janata Party 216,715 42.9%
Krishna Nandan Prasad Janata Dal 162,345 32.1%
Mumtaj Ansaree Indian National Congress 36,150 7.1%
Mahesh Singh Yadav Independent 34,872 6.9%
Chinta Singh CPI (ML) Liberation 8,702 1.7%
Jubair Ahmad Khan AIIC(T) 8,074 1.6%
Pooran Chand Independent 6,186 1.2%
Ramjee Manjhee Independent 6,049 1.2%
Prem Prasad Gupta Independent 5,555 1.1%
Chandranath Pathak Independent 3,708 0.7%
Subodh Kumar Choudhary Bahujan Samaj Party 3,504 0.7%
Girdharee Yadav Independent 1,956 0.4%
Manjar Asafee Khan Independent 1,532 0.3%
Binay Kumar Sinha Independent 1,506 0.3%
Ramesh Kumar JMM 1,212 0.2%
Gulam Hasnain Khan Independent 1,111 0.2%
Naval Kumar Gupta Independent 835 0.2%
Jitendra Singh Independent 741 0.1%
Md. Jaheed Khan Independent 643 0.1%
Sunaina Devi Independent 575 0.1%
Ganga Prasad Verma Independent 573 0.1%
Ram Sevak Paswan Independent 469 0.1%
Lal Baboo Yadav Independent 434 0.1%
Rohan Yadav Independent 395 0.1%
Chitranjan Prasad Independent 330 0.1%
Shukar Paswan Independent 313 0.1%
Upendra Kumar Singh Independent 291 0.1%
Vasudeo Lal Agrawal Independent 182 0.0%
A. Vinod Biharee Independent 172 0.0%
Sheo Prasad Mehta PSSS 162 0.0%
Sooryadav Berma Independent 137 0.0%
Jagranath Prasad Independent 136 0.0%
Surendra Yadav Independent 130 0.0%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dhirendra Agrawal Bharatiya Janata Party 225,086 45.1%
Nagmani Rashtriya Janata Dal 191,711 38.4%
Md. Saeed Kha Janata Dal 33,047 6.6%
Dwarika Prasad SSD 14,897 3.0%
Naresh Bhuiyan Independent 14,586 2.9%
Ranjeet Singh Samajwadi Party 6,765 1.4%
Lakshman Thakur LS 3,652 0.7%
Rafi Alam Independent 2,258 0.5%
Girdharee Yadav Independent 1,874 0.4%
Ashok Sharma AJBP 1,763 0.4%
Yam Narayan Singh Independent 1,249 0.3%
Hasib Udin Khan Independent 1,245 0.2%
Yugal Kishor Yadav BMF 1,045 0.2%
Ram Lakhan Rishiyashan Independent 363 0.1%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Nagmani Rashtriya Janata Dal 219,783 52.7%
Dhirendra Agrawal Bharatiya Janata Party 164,684 39.5%
Mahavir Prasad Yadav Bahujan Samaj Party 11,264 2.7%
Pooran Chand JMM 5,005 1.2%
Kamlesh Kumar Singh Nationalist Congress Party 3,460 0.8%
Om Prakash Choudhary Independent 2,646 0.6%
Md Sayeed Khan Janata Dal (Secular) 2,333 0.6%
Girdhari Yadav BJC(R) 2,146 0.5%
Raj Ballabh Singh SSD 1,425 0.3%
Shyam Narayan Singh Janata Party 1,344 0.3%
Kamakhya Narayan Sharma AJBP 1,109 0.3%
Sarbulland Khan Independent 581 0.1%
Sunil Kumar Independent 565 0.1%
Pradeep Kumar Singh Independent 424 0.1%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

1957: CNSPJP margin 31.9 pts 1962: Swatantra Party margin 25.1 pts 1967: Independent margin 11.5 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 6.4 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 52.8 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 17.1 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 41.8 pts 1989: Janata Dal margin 17.1 pts 1991: Janata Dal margin 10.3 pts 1996: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 10.8 pts 1998: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 6.7 pts 1999: Rashtriya Janata Dal margin 13.2 pts 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999

Trend

Chatra has been contested at 12 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: CNSPJP, Swatantra Party, Independent, Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Janata Dal, Bharatiya Janata Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Chatra in the 1999 Lok Sabha election?

Nagmani (Rashtriya Janata Dal) won Chatra, Bihar, in 1999 with 219,783 votes (52.7%), a margin of 55,099 votes over Dhirendra Agrawal.

Which parties have won Chatra since 1957?

Since 1957, Chatra has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, CNSPJP, Congress (I), Independent, Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Swatantra Party.

What was the closest result in Chatra?

The closest result on record for Chatra was 1971, when Indian National Congress beat JAP by just 10,081 votes (6.4 percentage points).

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