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Laloo wins Chapra seat

By Our Special Correspondent

PATNA, JUNE 2. The Rashtriya Janata Dal president and Railway Minister, Laloo Prasad Yadav, was today declared elected from the Chapra Lok Sabha constituency defeating the BJP candidate and former Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Rajiv Pratap Singh Rudy, by a margin of about 70,000 votes. Repolling was held in the constituency on May 31 following allegations of rigging.

The RJD's tally in the Lok Sabha is now 22 and that of the alliance (comprising the Congress and the Lok Janshakti Party, besides the RJD) has gone up to 29 out of the 40 seats in Bihar. The BJP and the Janata Dal (United) have 11 seats. The RJD has a total of 24 seats emerging as the fifth largest party in the Lok Sabha.

Mr. Laloo Yadav represents two constituencies in the present Lok Sabha. He won the Madhepura seat defeating the former Union Minister, Sharad Yadav, by an almost identical margin. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha and will be required not only to resign his membership but give up either Chapra or Madhepura as well.

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