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5. Sikta

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1990

BR-SIKTA

IND 28.8%won by 8.4%JD 20.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 8.4%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 6.2% to 28.8% of the vote here (+22.5%).
  • New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 20.4% — it did not contest here in 1985.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 49.1% between them, down from 88.3% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
83,057
Margin
6,947
8.36%

Candidates

22 contested · winner IND
  1. 1FAIYAJUL AZAMIndependent · IND23,88328.8%
  2. 2DILLIP KUMARJanata Dal · JD16,93620.4%
  3. 3KOMAL VERMAIndian National Congress · INC12,85015.5%
  4. 4SHARAT PRASADUCPI · UCPI10,22512.3%
  5. 5SARDA BAHADUR RAIJanata Party · JNP7,9529.6%
  6. 6JANAK PRASADIndependent · IND2,8713.5%
  7. 7HARISH CHAND KUMAR SAHIcs (Scs) · ICSSCS2,5623.1%
  8. 8RAM BAHADUR GUPTAIndependent · IND1,8862.3%
  9. 9KRIT N. SINGHIndependent · IND8941.1%
  10. 10SHARATH SAHBBP · BBP7710.9%
  11. 11BASUDEO MAHTOIndependent · IND3970.5%
  12. 12BIRENDRA PRASAD RAMIndependent · IND3060.4%
  13. 13SURAT NARAINDDP · DDP2410.3%
  14. 14S.M. CHAUDHARYLkd (B) · LKDB2250.3%
  15. 15SHIVAJI ARYABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1810.2%
  16. 16SAHDEO DISWAIndependent · IND1670.2%
  17. 17HARI SHANKAR THAKURIndependent · IND1530.2%
  18. 18HAJRAT DEWANIndependent · IND1500.2%
  19. 19SK. LAL MOHAMADIndependent · IND1490.2%
  20. 20SUGRIV BHAGATIndependent · IND1310.2%
  21. 21SADAHAY ALALMIndependent · IND1130.1%
  22. 22SHAHID MIANIndependent · IND140.0%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
INDflipped
IND–JD swing
+2.1%
IND share
6.2% → 28.8%
JD share
0.0% → 20.4%
Turnout
— → —
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