Constituency
55. Muzaffarpur
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-MUZAFFARPUR
JD 68.9%won by 39.8%INC 29.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Dal (JD), which now leads by 39.8%.
- JD vote shareJD went from 0.0% to 68.9% of the vote here (+68.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.9% of the vote between them, up from 91.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 4.7% to 72.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,81,763
Turnout
72.9%
Valid votes
7,15,437
Margin
2,85,010
39.84%
Candidates
19 contested · winner JD- 1GEORGE FARNANDESJanata Dal · JD4,92,61568.9%
- 2LALITESHWAR PD. SAHIIndian National Congress · INC2,07,60529.0%
- 3RAM KARAN SAHANILkd (B) · LKDB4,1980.6%
- 4ASHOK BHARTIIndependent · IND2,5170.4%
- 5ASHOK KUMARIndependent · IND1,5530.2%
- 6GIRJA NANDAN PD. SINGHDDP · DDP1,0450.1%
- 7BINDA SINGHIndependent · IND9170.1%
- 8PRAHLAD BAITHAIndependent · IND8310.1%
- 9SATYENDRA KUMARIndependent · IND7350.1%
- 10BISHUNDEO PANDEYIndependent · IND5940.1%
- 11JAIRAM SINGHIndependent · IND5860.1%
- 12BIVEK KUMARIndependent · IND4650.1%
- 13MD. ISRAILIndependent · IND4130.1%
- 14SAMANT KUMARIndependent · IND3100.0%
- 15SALIMULLAHIndependent · IND2880.0%
- 16RAMDEYAL THAKURIndependent · IND2400.0%
- 17BINDESHIS RAIIndependent · IND2180.0%
- 18RAMASHIS RAIIndependent · IND2020.0%
- 19SURJDEO PRASAD SWAMIIndependent · IND1050.0%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JDflipped
- JD–INC swing
- +99.2%
- JD share
- 0.0% → 68.9%
- INC share
- 59.3% → 29.0%
- Turnout
- 68.2% → 72.9%