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67. Hajipur

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-HAJIPUR

JD 51.6%won by 6.2%SAP 45.4%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 49.4% to 6.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerSamajwadi Andolan Party (SAP) finished second with 45.4% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.0% of the vote between them, up from 82.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 4.9% to 71.0%.

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

Electorate
10,58,192
Turnout
71.0%
Valid votes
7,51,651
Margin
46,231
6.15%

Candidates

14 contested · winner JD
  1. 1RAM BILASH PASWANJanata Dal · JD3,87,78151.6%
  2. 2RAM SUNDAR DASSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP3,41,55045.4%
  3. 3RAJ KUMAR PASWANIndependent · IND7,1531.0%
  4. 4TANESHWAR AZADIndian National Congress · INC4,1660.6%
  5. 5NATHOO RAJAKIndependent · IND3,9330.5%
  6. 6MAHESH KUMARIndependent · IND1,3520.2%
  7. 7MEHENDRA BHAGATIndependent · IND1,1110.1%
  8. 8SANJAY KUMARIndependent · IND1,0470.1%
  9. 9RAM SHANKAR RAMIndependent · IND1,0240.1%
  10. 10NAGESHWAR BAITHAIndependent · IND8210.1%
  11. 11LAKSHMI PASWANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6590.1%
  12. 12RAM NAUMI PASWANIndependent · IND4880.1%
  13. 13VEER CHANDRA RAMIndependent · IND3090.0%
  14. 14SUNIL KUMAR PASWANIndependent · IND2570.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
JD
JD–SAP swing
−59.6%
JD share
65.8% → 51.6%
SAP share
0.0% → 45.4%
Turnout
75.9% → 71.0%
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