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61. Bettiah

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-BETTIAH

BJP 50.6%won by 8.2%JD 42.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 8.2%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 35.6% to 50.6% of the vote here (+15.0%).

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

Electorate
10,91,777
Turnout
57.2%
Valid votes
6,24,681
Margin
51,489
8.24%

Candidates

20 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1MADAN PRASAD JAISWALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,15,89950.6%
  2. 2NASIM AHMADJanata Dal · JD2,64,41042.3%
  3. 3MANOJ PANDEYIndian National Congress · INC19,9213.2%
  4. 4VIRENDRA PRASAD GUPTACpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL4,7680.8%
  5. 5RAMJI SHARMAIndependent · IND4,2800.7%
  6. 6MADHURANJAN VERMAIndependent · IND2,8410.5%
  7. 7SUBHASH CHANDRA KUSHWAHABahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,0420.3%
  8. 8RAMESH PRASADIndependent · IND2,0410.3%
  9. 9NAGINA YADAVIndependent · IND1,8870.3%
  10. 10DHURUP SAHAIndependent · IND1,4460.2%
  11. 11DASHRATH RAMIndependent · IND1,3450.2%
  12. 12DEVI SHANKAR PRASADIndependent · IND1,0990.2%
  13. 13UDAY PRASADIndependent · IND5730.1%
  14. 14RAM BABU KUMARAIICT · AIICT4930.1%
  15. 15LACHHUMAN RAIIndependent · IND4880.1%
  16. 16RAJENDRA SAHIndependent · IND3480.1%
  17. 17RAVINDRA PANDEYIndependent · IND2970.0%
  18. 18TARKESHWAR PRASADIndependent · IND2400.0%
  19. 19SUMAN KUMARIndependent · IND1460.0%
  20. 20HARENDRA YADAVIndependent · IND1170.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–JD swing
+27.2%
BJP share
35.6% → 50.6%
JD share
54.5% → 42.3%
Turnout
56.4% → 57.2%
60. Bagaha62. Motihari
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