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Constituency

65. Maharajganj

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-MAHARAJGANJ

JD 38.0%won by 3.9%JP 34.1%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 37.1% to 3.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 27.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerJanahitha Paksha (JP) finished second with 34.1% — it did not contest here in 1989.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.1% between them, down from 93.4% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.9% to 61.1%.

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

Electorate
10,32,512
Turnout
61.1%
Valid votes
6,31,108
Margin
24,335
3.86%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
JD
JDJP swing
−61.4%
JD share
65.3% 38.0%
JP share
0.0% 34.1%
Turnout
57.2% 61.1%