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Constituency

56. Sitamarhi

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-SITAMARHI

JD 51.9%won by 26.4%INC 25.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Dal (JD), which now leads by 26.4%.

  • JD vote shareJD went from 0.0% to 51.9% of the vote here (+51.9%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.4% of the vote between them, up from 66.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 10.5% to 64.0%.

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

Electorate
10,11,260
Turnout
64.0%
Valid votes
6,47,197
Margin
1,70,861
26.40%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
JDflipped
JDINC swing
+72.6%
JD share
0.0% 51.9%
INC share
46.2% 25.5%
Turnout
53.5% 64.0%