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79. Saharsa

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-SAHARSA

JD 57.8%won by 26.0%INC 31.8%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.4% to 26.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.6% between them, down from 95.8% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
10,62,094
Turnout
71.8%
Valid votes
7,62,396
Margin
1,98,108
25.98%

Candidates

23 contested · winner JD
  1. 1SURYA NARAIN YADAVJanata Dal · JD4,40,74957.8%
  2. 2TARANAND SADAIndian National Congress · INC2,42,64131.8%
  3. 3VAIDYANATH MEHTAJanahitha Paksha · JP36,1134.7%
  4. 4MIRTUNJAY NR. MISHRABharatiya Janata Party · BJP24,3913.2%
  5. 5PRAMOD SHANKER CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND5,3540.7%
  6. 6VISHWANATH MEHTAIndependent · IND2,1680.3%
  7. 7RAMDWEO SAHIndependent · IND1,3950.2%
  8. 8MADHUKAR MANDALIndependent · IND1,2400.2%
  9. 9RAMASANT OJHADDP · DDP1,0980.1%
  10. 10SUKHDEO SHARMAIndependent · IND1,0650.1%
  11. 11DHIRENDRA RAMIndependent · IND8300.1%
  12. 12NARENDRA RAMIndependent · IND8210.1%
  13. 13SURESH PRASAD YADAVPBI · PBI7810.1%
  14. 14ANAND MOHANIndependent · IND7210.1%
  15. 15BHUMI SHARMAIndependent · IND5390.1%
  16. 16THAKO SADAIndependent · IND4910.1%
  17. 17RAMESHWAR PD. VERMAIndependent · IND4420.1%
  18. 18RAM PUKAR SINGH YADAVIndependent · IND4130.1%
  19. 19YOGENDAR RAMIndependent · IND3590.0%
  20. 20UPENDRA SAHIndependent · IND2840.0%
  21. 21MONAJIR HUSSAINIndependent · IND2250.0%
  22. 22UDAY NARAINIndependent · IND1550.0%
  23. 23AMAR NATH MISARIndependent · IND1210.0%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
JD
JD–INC swing
−10.5%
JD share
66.1% → 57.8%
INC share
29.7% → 31.8%
Turnout
71.8% → 71.8%
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