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Elections 98

State: Bihar

Constituency: Patna

Total Votes Polled: 654670

Winner: BJP C P Thakur 331860

Runner Up: RJD Ram Kripal Yadav 279254

Margin: 52606 (16%)

Elections 96

State: Bihar

Constituency: Patna

Total Votes Polled: 781874

Winner: JD Ramkripal Yadav 388513

Runner Up: BJP S N Arya 349046

Margin: 39467 (5.10%)

Elections were countermanded in 1991 owing to violence, but in the 1989 election it was represented by the BJP. In 1996 the seat voted the Janata Dal, and the BJP's S N Arya was pushed to the third position.