Constituency
56. Sitamarhi
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-SITAMARHI
INC 46.2%won by 25.9%LKD 20.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: INCU (INCU) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 25.9%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 46.2% of the vote here (+46.2%).
- New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 20.4% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.6% between them, down from 84.8% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.6% to 53.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
8,78,566
Turnout
53.5%
Valid votes
4,69,981
Margin
1,21,544
25.86%
Candidates
11 contested · winner INC- 1RANSHRESTH KHIRHARIndian National Congress · INC2,17,30746.2%
- 2INDAL SINGH NAVINLKD · LKD95,76320.4%
- 3CHANDRAKETU SHARMACommunist Party of India · CPI56,73712.1%
- 4RAM CHARITRA RAIJanata Party · JNP51,15310.9%
- 5RAM KRIPAL SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP37,7118.0%
- 6MADAN MOHAN MISHRAIndependent · IND3,2350.7%
- 7PRITI MOHAN RASTOGIIndependent · IND2,2260.5%
- 8MRITYUJAY JHAIndependent · IND2,0210.4%
- 9SATYENDRA NATH VERMAIndependent · IND1,6090.3%
- 10SHYAM NANDAN JHAIndependent · IND1,5460.3%
- 11RAM LAKHAN RAIIndependent · IND6730.1%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INCU
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–LKD swing
- +25.9%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 46.2%
- LKD share
- 0.0% → 20.4%
- Turnout
- 57.1% → 53.5%