Elections 98

State:	Bihar
Constituency:	Bhagalpur
Total Votes Polled:	798000
Winner: BJP	Prabhash Chandra Tiwari	349463
Runner Up: RJD	Chun Chun Prasad Yadav	257616
Margin: 91847 (26%)

Elections 96

State:	Bihar
Constituency:	Bhagalpur
Total Votes Polled:	655328
Winner: JD	Chunchun Prasad Yadav	269927
Runner Up: BJP	Prabhash Chandra Tiwari	216790
Margin: 53137 (8.24%)

Former chief minister Bhagwat Jha Azad has won from here a whopping five times, right from 1962 to 1984, losing once in between, in 1977. In 1989 the JD put an end to his hopes, and its Chunchun Prasad Yadav has won the seat three times in a row.