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Bihar · PC 43 · 1998Reserved (SC)
Gaya
Winner — Lok Sabha 1998
KRISHNA KUMAR CHAUDHARY
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 42.7%RJD 37.5%5 others 19.8%
Votes
3,03,225
43.5% share
Winning margin
37,446
5.4% of votes
Total votes cast
7,09,506
Candidates
7
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KRISHNA KUMAR CHAUDHARY | NDA (NDA) | 3,03,225 | 43.5% |
| 2 | BHAGWATI DEVI | 2,65,779 | 38.1% | |
| 3 | RAJESH KUMAR | 1,15,141 | 16.5% | |
| 4 | JANKI PASWAN | 7,707 | 1.1% | |
| 5 | RAVINDRA RAM | AJBP | 2,186 | 0.3% |
| 6 | RAM PATI RAM | IND | 1,571 | 0.2% |
| 7 | RAM PRASAD | IND | 1,484 | 0.2% |
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
An essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe5.4%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 16.7% · min 2.9% · max 56.5%
How contested is turnout?
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61%
lowerhigher
How crowded is the field?
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2.12
fewer partiesmore parties
How much NOTA?
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— NOT REPORTEDHow often does it back the winner?
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neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
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2.12EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 43.5%RJD 38.1%JD 16.5%OTH 1.9%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTEDHistorical constituency — last contested in 1999. Redrawn or abolished in a later delimitation, so it has no present-day district or state context; its full territorial history is above and in the Seat-history drawer.