Constituency
59. Jhanjharpur
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-JHANJHARPUR
INC 64.6%won by 35.3%LKD 29.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: JNPS (JNPS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 35.3%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 64.6% of the vote here (+64.6%).
- New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 29.3% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.8% of the vote between them, up from 79.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 9.3% to 74.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,82,753
Turnout
74.3%
Valid votes
5,81,972
Margin
2,05,392
35.29%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1GAURI SHANKAR RAJHANSIndian National Congress · INC3,75,74564.6%
- 2DHANIK LAL MANDALLKD · LKD1,70,35329.3%
- 3RAMPHAL CHOUDHARYJanata Party · JNP21,3603.7%
- 4UMA KANT RAIIndependent · IND4,4680.8%
- 5MOHAN GOSAINIndependent · IND3,3500.6%
- 6MAHABIR PASWANIndependent · IND2,6980.5%
- 7PRABHO DAYAL KEJIndependent · IND1,8390.3%
- 8BADRI NARAIN YADAVIndependent · IND1,3420.2%
- 9SITARAM RAMIndependent · IND8170.1%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- JNPS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–LKD swing
- +35.3%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 64.6%
- LKD share
- 0.0% → 29.3%
- Turnout
- 65.0% → 74.3%