Constituency
73. Jhanjharpur
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991
IN-JHANJHARPUR
JD 57.7%won by 20.1%INC 37.6%
What changed here
DerivedJanata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 29.9% to 20.1%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 11.8% to 67.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,59,716
Turnout
67.3%
Valid votes
6,46,021
Margin
1,30,074
20.13%
Candidates
23 contested · winner JD- 1DEVENDRA PRASAD YADAVJanata Dal · JD3,72,78557.7%
- 2JAGDINA CHAUDHARYIndian National Congress · INC2,42,71137.6%
- 3SHAILENDRA KU. JHABharatiya Janata Party · BJP21,5873.3%
- 4SURENDRA MISHRAJanahitha Paksha · JP4,2730.7%
- 5NILAMBAR JHADDP · DDP5530.1%
- 6ACHARYA MUNISHSOPL · SOPL5520.1%
- 7CHANDRAVIR KAMATIndependent · IND4970.1%
- 8KUSHESHWAR YADAVIndependent · IND4180.1%
- 9VIJAY BHUSHAN YADAVIndependent · IND4020.1%
- 10GANGA PRA. YADAVIndependent · IND3820.1%
- 11RAMDEO MISHRAIndependent · IND2580.0%
- 12RAM LAKHAN ROYIndependent · IND2500.0%
- 13NARENDRA KUMAR JHAIndependent · IND1970.0%
- 14RAMDEO YADAVIndependent · IND1920.0%
- 15ANAND KUMAR JHAIndependent · IND1640.0%
- 16RAMAN JEE JHAIndependent · IND1550.0%
- 17RAJ NARAIN CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND1460.0%
- 18MISIRI PASWANIndependent · IND1370.0%
- 19UDAI NATH JHAIndependent · IND1200.0%
- 20MADAN KUMAR CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND650.0%
- 21BHUPENDRA YADAVIndependent · IND630.0%
- 22PRABHU DAYAL KEJARIWALIndependent · IND580.0%
- 23ARUN KUMAR CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND560.0%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- JD
- Winner now
- JD
- JD–INC swing
- −9.8%
- JD share
- 63.8% → 57.7%
- INC share
- 33.9% → 37.6%
- Turnout
- 55.5% → 67.3%