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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.

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