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65. Maharajganj

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-MAHARAJGANJ

SAP 54.3%won by 25.5%JD 28.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Samajwadi Andolan Party (SAP), which now leads by 25.5%.

  • SAP vote shareSAP went from 0.0% to 54.3% of the vote here (+54.3%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.2% of the vote between them, up from 72.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
9,85,888
Turnout
60.8%
Valid votes
5,99,193
Margin
1,52,854
25.51%

Candidates

18 contested · winner SAP
  1. 1RAM BAHADUR SINGHSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP3,25,57754.3%
  2. 2GIRIJA DEVIJanata Dal · JD1,72,72328.8%
  3. 3DALAN PD. YADAVIndependent · IND53,4558.9%
  4. 4RAM NATH SINGHIndian National Congress · INC19,6723.3%
  5. 5RAMCHABILA RAMBahujan Samaj Party · BSP7,8731.3%
  6. 6SURENDRA PURIAIICT · AIICT4,1930.7%
  7. 7JAGANATH THAKURIndependent · IND4,1460.7%
  8. 8VAIKUNTH NARAYAN RAIIndependent · IND2,0400.3%
  9. 9AKHILESHWAR GIRIIndependent · IND1,9190.3%
  10. 10SHYAM BABU SAHIndependent · IND1,7350.3%
  11. 11RAMAYAN SINGHIndependent · IND1,1910.2%
  12. 12SACHIDANAND SHARMAIndependent · IND1,0990.2%
  13. 13BABAN PANDEYIndependent · IND7620.1%
  14. 14HEMNARAYAN SINGHIndependent · IND7080.1%
  15. 15SHAMBHUNATH PRASAD YADAVIndependent · IND6040.1%
  16. 16BHAGWATI SHARAN SINGHIndependent · IND5810.1%
  17. 17SURENDRA SHARMAIndependent · IND4890.1%
  18. 18RAM SAKAR RAIIndependent · IND4260.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
SAPflipped
SAP–JD swing
+63.5%
SAP share
0.0% → 54.3%
JD share
38.0% → 28.8%
Turnout
61.1% → 60.8%
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