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Constituency

85. Dumka

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-DUMKA

JMM 58.3%won by 29.9%BJP 28.3%

What changed here

Derived

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha held the seat; the winning margin widened from 27.0% to 29.9%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 28.3% — it did not contest here in 1989.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.6% between them, down from 94.9% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.5% to 51.2%.

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

Electorate
8,71,904
Turnout
51.2%
Valid votes
4,46,415
Margin
1,33,641
29.94%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
JMM
Winner now
JMM
JMMBJP swing
−31.0%
JMM share
61.0% 58.3%
BJP share
0.0% 28.3%
Turnout
46.7% 51.2%