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62. Motihari

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-MOTIHARI

CPI 47.6%won by 17.6%BJP 29.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 17.6%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 32.2% to 47.6% of the vote here (+15.3%).
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
9,39,457
Turnout
59.2%
Valid votes
5,56,069
Margin
98,052
17.63%

Candidates

11 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1KAMLA MISHRA MADHUKARCommunist Party of India · CPI2,64,42347.6%
  2. 2RADHA MOHAN SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,66,37129.9%
  3. 3GIRISH MISHRAIndian National Congress · INC96,07317.3%
  4. 4JAINARAIN PRA. NISHADJanahitha Paksha · JP23,9964.3%
  5. 5SURESH KU. YADAVASKD · SKD1,1260.2%
  6. 6CHANDRA SHEKHAR GUPTAIndependent · IND1,0900.2%
  7. 7RAM CHANDRA PRASADDDP · DDP1,0260.2%
  8. 8AMAR SINGHIndependent · IND8570.2%
  9. 9RAJESHWAR PRASADIndependent · IND4530.1%
  10. 10HANS LAL RAIIndependent · IND3730.1%
  11. 11DAROGA SAHIndependent · IND2810.1%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPI–BJP swing
+32.0%
CPI share
32.2% → 47.6%
BJP share
46.6% → 29.9%
Turnout
58.0% → 59.2%
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