Constituency
91. Giridih
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-GIRIDIH
BJP 33.9%won by 1.7%IND 32.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 1.7%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 18.0% to 33.9% of the vote here (+15.9%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.2% between them, down from 72.9% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.1% to 51.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,38,564
Turnout
51.7%
Valid votes
4,85,166
Margin
8,182
1.69%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BJP- 1RAM DAS SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,64,57333.9%
- 2BINOD BIHARI MAHTOIndependent · IND1,56,39132.2%
- 3SURFRAZ AHMADIndian National Congress · INC1,33,70327.6%
- 4LALCHAND MAHTOJanata Dal · JD26,6025.5%
- 5B.K.DUBEYIndependent · IND2,3660.5%
- 6KRISHNA M.DDP · DDP1,5310.3%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–IND swing
- +3.1%
- BJP share
- 18.0% → 33.9%
- IND share
- 19.4% → 32.2%
- Turnout
- 49.6% → 51.7%