Chhapra Lok Sabha constituency

Chhapra Lok Sabha constituency was in Bihar and it existed until 2008, after which it was replaced by Saran Lok Sabha constituency, when delimitation was done.

Chapra
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
Assembly constituencies	Taraiya Marhaura Amnour Chapra Garkha Parsa Sonpur
Established	1952
Abolished	2008
Reservation	None

Assembly segments

Presently, Chapra Lok Sabha constituency comprises seven Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are

No	Name	District	Member	Party
116	Taraiya	Saran	Janak Singh		BJP
117	Marhaura		Jitendra Kumar Ray		Rashtriya Janata Dal
118	Chapra		C. N. Gupta		BJP
119	Garkha		Surendra Ram		Rashtriya Janata Dal
120	Amnour		Krishna Kumar Mantoo		BJP
121	Parsa		Chhote Lal Ray		Rashtriya Janata Dal
122	Sonpur		Ramanuj Prasad Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal

Members of Lok Sabha

Year	Member	Party
1957	Rajendra Singh		Praja Socialist Party
1962	Ramshekhar Prasad Singh		Indian National Congress
1967
1971
1977	Lalu Prasad Yadav		Janata Party
1980	Satya Deo Singh
1984	Ram Bahadur Singh
1989	Lalu Prasad Yadav		Janata Dal
1990^	Lal Babu Rai
1991
1996	Rajiv Pratap Rudy		Bharatiya Janata Party
1998	Heera Lal Rai		Rashtriya Janata Dal
1999	Rajiv Pratap Rudy		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Lalu Prasad Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2008 onwards : See Saran

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^By-Poll

In 2004, Lok Sabha polls were countermanded in Chapra (छपरा) following allegations of rigging.^[5][6][7][8] Re-poll was done on 31 May 2004.^{[9][10][11][12][13]} Lalu won the elections after the re-poll.^[14]

Election results

1957 election

• Rajendra Singh (PSP) : 75,994 votes
• Leela Devi Verma (INC) : 73,046

1984 election

• Ram Bahadur Singh (JNP) : 163,494 votes ^[3]
• Bhishma prasad Yadav (INC) : 137,488

1996 election

• Rajiv Pratap Rudi (BJP) : 339,086 votes
• Lal Babu Rai (JD) : 323,590

2004

2004 Indian general elections: Chapra^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Lalu Prasad Yadav	228,882
	BJP	Rajiv Pratap Rudy	168,459
Margin of victory
Turnout
	RJD gain from BJP		Swing

See also

• Saran (Lok Sabha constituency)
• Saran district
• List of former constituencies of the Lok Sabha