Election
Constituency

171. Sultanganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1995

BR-SULTANGANJ

JD 36.3%won by 15.2%SAP 21.1%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.4% to 15.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerSamajwadi Andolan Party (SAP) finished second with 21.1% — it did not contest here in 1990.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.5% between them, down from 69.4% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,25,330
Margin
19,058
15.21%

Since 1990

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
JD
JDSAP swing
−24.2%
JD share
39.4% 36.3%
SAP share
0.0% 21.1%
Turnout