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61. Bettiah

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-BETTIAH

JD 54.5%won by 18.9%BJP 35.6%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.5% to 18.9%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 35.6% — it did not contest here in 1989.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.1% of the vote between them, up from 72.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
9,20,104
Turnout
56.4%
Valid votes
5,19,197
Margin
98,358
18.94%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
JD
JDBJP swing
−22.0%
JD share
40.9% 54.5%
BJP share
0.0% 35.6%
Turnout
56.0% 56.4%