Constituency
71. Rajmahal
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-RAJMAHAL
JMM 58.1%won by 36.4%IND 21.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), which now leads by 36.4%.
- JMM vote shareJMM went from 24.5% to 58.1% of the vote here (+33.6%).
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 21.7% — it polled just 0.8% in 1984.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.8% of the vote between them, up from 74.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 10.5% to 55.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
8,29,017
Turnout
55.1%
Valid votes
4,56,601
Margin
1,66,415
36.45%
Candidates
7 contested · winner JMM- 1SIMON MARANDIJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM2,65,33258.1%
- 2JAI KUMAR TUDUIndependent · IND98,91721.7%
- 3SETH HEMBROMIndian National Congress · INC78,08517.1%
- 4RAMESH MURMUIndependent · IND6,2151.4%
- 5DHONA KISKUHJD · HJD3,7420.8%
- 6VIJOY KUMAR BASERADDP · DDP3,1770.7%
- 7UPENDRA KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1,1330.2%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JMMflipped
- JMM–IND swing
- +12.7%
- JMM share
- 24.5% → 58.1%
- IND share
- 0.8% → 21.7%
- Turnout
- 44.6% → 55.1%