Elections 98

State:	Bihar
Constituency:	Maharajganj
Total Votes Polled:	672,280
Winner: SAP	Prabhunath Singh	360,265
Runner Up: INC	Mahachandra Prasad Singh	154,712
Margin: 205553 (57%)

Elections 96

State:	Bihar
Constituency:	Maharajganj
Total Votes Polled:	606,896
Winner: SAP	Ram Bahadur Singh	325,577
Runner Up: JD	Girija Devi	172,723
Margin: 152,854 (25.51%)

In 1989, Chandrashekhar -- no, not the former PM -- was elected on a JD ticket. Two elections later, in 1996, the Samata Party eliminated the Janata Dal's MP Girija Devi.