· AC 269

Chatra

Name: Chatra
Address: IN

Bihar Vidhan Sabha Election 1995

195,965

Electors

80,066

Votes polled

40.86%

Turnout

19,455

Margin

Winner

Janardan Paswan

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Janardan Paswan Won Male	JD	40,239	50.26%
2	Mahendra Singh Bhogla Male	BJP	20,784	25.96%
3	Kaushilya Devi Female	CPM	8,431	10.53%
4	Dr. Nand Kishore Prasad Male	INC	2,982	3.72%
5	Jhaman Singh Male	CPI(ML)(L)	2,212	2.76%
6	Rambujhawan Rajak Male	SP	2,038	2.55%
7	Biresh Ram Male	JMM	1,262	1.58%
8	Dilip Kr. Ravi Male	IND	985	1.23%
9	Santan Bhuiyan Male	JPP	527	0.66%
10	Bageshwari Male	IND	413	0.52%
11	Bileshwar Ram Paswan Male	IND	193	0.24%

Overall vote % (Pie)

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Year	Winner	Vote share	Runner-up	Vote share
2000	Satyanand Bhokata Male BJP	45.18%	Janardan Paswan Male RJD	36.59%
1995	Janardan Paswan Male JD	50.26%	Mahendra Singh Bhogla Male BJP	25.96%
1990	Mahendra Prasad Singh Bhogta Male BJP	56.98%	Shiv Jagat Ram Male INC	17.40%
1985	Mahendra Prasad Signh Bhogta Male BJP	47.74%	Nand Kishore Prasad Male INC	39.50%
1980	Mahesh Ram Male INC(I)	63.10%	Biku Ram Male BJP	16.76%
1977	S. Ahmad Sabr Male JnP	36.24%	Prajapalak Nath Singh Male IND	35.70%
1972	Tapeshwar Deo Male INC	44.34%	Praja Palak Nath Singh Male BJS	37.12%
1969	Kamakshya Narayan Singh Male JAP	38.27%	Jugal Kishore Kha Male BJS	15.20%
1967	K. P. Singh Male IND	29.09%	S. Devi Female INC	24.08%
1962	Keshaw Prasad Singh Male SWA	77.09%	Balwant Nath Singh Male INC	22.91%
1957	Kamakhya Narain Singh Male CNPSPJP	69.92%	Sukhlal Singh Male INC	30.08%
1951	Sukhlal Singh Male INC	38.83%	Achuyaba Dayal Singh Male CNSPJP	36.63%