Election
Constituency

87. Banka

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-BANKA

JD 50.7%won by 23.1%INC 27.5%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 41.0% to 23.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 19.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.2% between them, down from 99.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.7% to 49.6%.

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

Electorate
9,62,029
Turnout
49.6%
Valid votes
4,77,234
Margin
1,10,387
23.13%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
JD
JDINC swing
−17.9%
JD share
70.0% 50.7%
INC share
29.0% 27.5%
Turnout
55.3% 49.6%