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62. Motihari

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-MOTIHARI

BJP 57.0%won by 20.9%CPI 36.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 20.9%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 29.9% to 57.0% of the vote here (+27.1%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.1% of the vote between them, up from 77.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 4.4% to 54.8%.

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

Electorate
11,15,608
Turnout
54.8%
Valid votes
6,11,189
Margin
1,27,809
20.91%

Candidates

27 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1RADHA MOHAN SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,48,38457.0%
  2. 2ABDUL MOGHANI KAIFICommunist Party of India · CPI2,20,57536.1%
  3. 3FAIYAZUL AZAMIndian National Congress · INC11,7521.9%
  4. 4NAGENDRA SAHANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6,1181.0%
  5. 5PRABHAWATI GUPTAAIICT · AIICT5,1040.8%
  6. 6CHANDRA SHEKHAR DWIWEDIIndependent · IND4,9430.8%
  7. 7PARAS PRASADIndependent · IND3,1740.5%
  8. 8BALINDRA SINGHIndependent · IND2,0660.3%
  9. 9RAM BACHAN PRASADIndependent · IND1,3420.2%
  10. 10KAMESHWAR PRASADIndependent · IND1,0490.2%
  11. 11NAGENDRA PRASADIndependent · IND9930.2%
  12. 12SHIV NATH SAHIndependent · IND6280.1%
  13. 13MAKHAN RAMIndependent · IND5890.1%
  14. 14DAROGA SAHIndependent · IND5100.1%
  15. 15ETWAR PRASADIndependent · IND5080.1%
  16. 16VINAY KUMAR SINHAIndependent · IND4350.1%
  17. 17NAGINA SAHIndependent · IND3900.1%
  18. 18DAROGA PR. SINGHIndependent · IND3680.1%
  19. 19RAM JATAN SINGHIndependent · IND3540.1%
  20. 20KAMAL DEO PR. SAHShiv Sena · SHS3270.1%
  21. 21VIJAY KANT MISHRAIndependent · IND3030.0%
  22. 22RAMA NAND PRASADIndependent · IND2740.0%
  23. 23JAI SHANKAR PR. SINGHIndependent · IND2580.0%
  24. 24SURESH KUMAR RAJAKIndependent · IND2410.0%
  25. 25HARENDRA PR. SHRIVASTAVAIndependent · IND1790.0%
  26. 26SATISH KUMAR SINHAIndependent · IND1660.0%
  27. 27SHIV KALI DEVIIndependent · IND1590.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–CPI swing
+38.5%
BJP share
29.9% → 57.0%
CPI share
47.6% → 36.1%
Turnout
59.2% → 54.8%
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