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83. Katihar

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-KATIHAR

JD 35.0%won by 4.7%INC 30.3%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.7% to 4.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 19.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.3% between them, down from 92.8% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 14.9% to 57.5%.

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

Electorate
8,65,167
Turnout
57.5%
Valid votes
4,97,729
Margin
23,622
4.75%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
JD
JDINC swing
−11.9%
JD share
54.7% 35.0%
INC share
38.0% 30.3%
Turnout
72.4% 57.5%