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81. Araria

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-ARARIA

JD 53.6%won by 31.3%BJP 22.3%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.0% to 31.3%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 22.3% — it did not contest here in 1989.
  • Safe seatJanata Dal won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • 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
9,20,630
Turnout
59.3%
Valid votes
5,46,305
Margin
1,70,994
31.30%

Candidates

15 contested · winner JD
  1. 1SUKDEO PASWANJanata Dal · JD2,92,88753.6%
  2. 2SUKHA PASWANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,21,89322.3%
  3. 3DUMAR LAL BAITHAIndian National Congress · INC1,09,68420.1%
  4. 4DILIP PASWANIndependent · IND5,6291.0%
  5. 5BUNDEL PASWANJanahitha Paksha · JP4,6200.8%
  6. 6BINDESHWARI SARDARIndependent · IND3,6940.7%
  7. 7ISHWAR DAYAL DASIndependent · IND1,6740.3%
  8. 8BABU LAL PASWANIndependent · IND1,5390.3%
  9. 9KAMLESHWARI PASWANIndependent · IND1,0190.2%
  10. 10BABUJEE RISHIIndependent · IND9280.2%
  11. 11RAMANAND RISHIIndependent · IND8820.2%
  12. 12LAXMI RAMIndependent · IND7520.1%
  13. 13SATYA NARAYAN RITERIndependent · IND5910.1%
  14. 14RAM SHARAN RAMIndependent · IND2670.0%
  15. 15RAM BILAS RAZAKIndependent · IND2460.0%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
JD
JD–BJP swing
−12.8%
JD share
44.1% → 53.6%
BJP share
0.0% → 22.3%
Turnout
60.7% → 59.3%
80. Madhepura82. Kishanganj
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