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Constituency

98. Lohardaga

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-LOHARDAGA

INC 40.2%won by 10.6%BJP 29.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 38.7% to 10.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 19.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.8% between them, down from 80.5% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.8% to 44.7%.

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

Electorate
8,25,417
Turnout
44.7%
Valid votes
3,69,193
Margin
39,072
10.58%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−28.1%
INC share
59.6% 40.2%
BJP share
20.9% 29.6%
Turnout
38.9% 44.7%