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70. Katihar

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-KATIHAR

JD 54.7%won by 16.7%INC 38.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Dal (JD), which now leads by 16.7%.

  • JD vote shareJD went from 0.0% to 54.7% of the vote here (+54.7%).
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.1% to 72.4%.

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

Electorate
8,55,079
Turnout
72.4%
Valid votes
6,19,228
Margin
1,03,178
16.66%

Candidates

17 contested · winner JD
  1. 1YUVARJJanata Dal · JD3,38,78254.7%
  2. 2TARIQUE ANWARIndian National Congress · INC2,35,60438.0%
  3. 3PARAMESHWAR PD. YADAVIndependent · IND26,7854.3%
  4. 4SHEO PD. TANTIIndependent · IND3,4790.6%
  5. 5JABED EQBALIndependent · IND2,6590.4%
  6. 6ABDUS SATTARIndependent · IND1,9440.3%
  7. 7QAUZI JAMALUDDIN AHMEDIndependent · IND1,7450.3%
  8. 8RAJENDRA RAMIndependent · IND1,3940.2%
  9. 9YOGENDERA PD. RAJAKIndependent · IND1,2480.2%
  10. 10RAJ KUMAR GUPTAIndependent · IND1,0350.2%
  11. 11AJAJ AKHTARIndependent · IND9420.2%
  12. 12ZAHOOR ALAMIndependent · IND8990.1%
  13. 13SANTANTANU SANYALIndependent · IND8960.1%
  14. 14BHUBNESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND6250.1%
  15. 15SUREKH SINGHIndependent · IND5860.1%
  16. 16SAIYED EMTIYAZUDDINIndependent · IND3870.1%
  17. 17ABHAY KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND2180.0%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
JDflipped
JD–INC swing
+66.7%
JD share
0.0% → 54.7%
INC share
50.1% → 38.0%
Turnout
68.3% → 72.4%
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