Constituency
64. Siwan
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-SIWAN
JD 52.6%won by 26.6%BJP 25.9%
What changed here
DerivedJanata Dal held the seat; the winning margin widened from 23.7% to 26.6%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janahitha Paksha (JP) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Safe seatJanata Dal won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,92,425
Turnout
62.6%
Valid votes
6,20,871
Margin
1,65,243
26.61%
Candidates
23 contested · winner JD- 1M. SAHABUDDINJanata Dal · JD3,26,35152.6%
- 2JANARDAN TIWARIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,61,10825.9%
- 3RAMESH SINGH KUSHWAHACpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL1,09,35817.6%
- 4ZAFAR AHMAD GANIIndian National Congress · INC4,2190.7%
- 5AYODHYA DUBEYIndependent · IND2,4500.4%
- 6MUSTAQUE AHMADIndependent · IND2,2610.4%
- 7RAM DHYAN PRASADIndependent · IND1,8880.3%
- 8SURESH YADAVIndependent · IND1,8120.3%
- 9SHANKAR PRASAD YADAVBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,6540.3%
- 10INDRASAN BHAGATIndependent · IND1,3590.2%
- 11UMESHWAR PRASAD THAKURIndependent · IND1,2680.2%
- 12RAM AUTAR PRASADIndependent · IND1,0700.2%
- 13MURSHARAF ALIAIICT · AIICT9920.2%
- 14NASIR KHANIndependent · IND8930.1%
- 15SINGH DHARAMPALIndependent · IND7180.1%
- 16JAI PRAKASH PANDEYIndependent · IND7060.1%
- 17UTTAM SINGHIndependent · IND5200.1%
- 18KRISHNAND PRASADIndependent · IND5010.1%
- 19SWAMI DEVENDRA KISHOREIndependent · IND4930.1%
- 20LADOO LAL SAHIndependent · IND4090.1%
- 21VIRENDRA SHUKLAIndependent · IND3750.1%
- 22VIPIN BIHARI RAMIndependent · IND2590.0%
- 23DHARMIKCHHUK PRASADIndependent · IND2070.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- JD
- Winner now
- JD
- JD–BJP swing
- −12.4%
- JD share
- 51.3% → 52.6%
- BJP share
- 12.3% → 25.9%
- Turnout
- 63.0% → 62.6%