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State:	Bihar
Constituency:	Chatra
Total Votes Polled:	515428
Winner: BJP	Dheerendra Agrawal	216715
Runner Up: JD	Krishna Nandan Prasad	162345
Margin: 54370 (10.75%)

Dhirendra Aggarwal of the BJP came from behind to the second place in the 1991 election, and surprises, won the seat in 1996 by a margin of almost 150,000 votes. The constituency also voted a woman in the first three elections.