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60. Bagaha

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-BAGAHA

JD 46.5%won by 12.4%BJP 34.1%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.6% to 12.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 34.1% — it did not contest here in 1989.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.5% between them, down from 96.5% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
8,74,889
Turnout
44.9%
Valid votes
3,92,368
Margin
48,575
12.38%

Candidates

13 contested · winner JD
  1. 1MAHENDRA BAITHAJanata Dal · JD1,82,26546.5%
  2. 2KANCHAN BAITHABharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,33,69034.1%
  3. 3NARASINGHA BAITHAIndian National Congress · INC57,71714.7%
  4. 4BRAHAM DEO RAM SHASTRIJanahitha Paksha · JP8,6122.2%
  5. 5PRAMOD RAMIndependent · IND4,0041.0%
  6. 6SHANKER PASWANIndependent · IND1,1470.3%
  7. 7RAJENDRA HAJARAIndependent · IND1,0740.3%
  8. 8JADUNI RAMIndependent · IND8590.2%
  9. 9GHOOGHALI RAMDDP · DDP8080.2%
  10. 10RISHI RAMIndependent · IND7590.2%
  11. 11RAJ KUMAR BAITHAIndependent · IND6080.2%
  12. 12JITENDRA KUMAR BHARTIIndependent · IND5510.1%
  13. 13SHANKER HAJARAIndependent · IND2740.1%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
JD
JD–BJP swing
−47.1%
JD share
59.5% → 46.5%
BJP share
0.0% → 34.1%
Turnout
44.8% → 44.9%
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