Constituency
69. Muzaffarpur
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-MUZAFFARPUR
JD 50.0%won by 12.6%SAP 37.4%
What changed here
DerivedJanata Dal held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.9% to 12.6%.
- New challengerSamajwadi Andolan Party (SAP) finished second with 37.4% — it did not contest here in 1991.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.4% between them, down from 93.5% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.7% to 60.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,56,122
Turnout
60.3%
Valid votes
6,36,991
Margin
80,074
12.57%
Candidates
67 contested · winner JD- 1JAI NARAIN PD. NISHADJanata Dal · JD3,18,50650.0%
- 2HARENDRA KUMARSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP2,38,43237.4%
- 3RAJANI RANJAN SAHUIndian National Congress · INC45,5047.1%
- 4KAMLESH KUMARIndependent · IND4,3750.7%
- 5RAKESH KUMAR SHARMAIndependent · IND2,7820.4%
- 6MINA TIWARICpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL2,6300.4%
- 7LALITESHWAR PD. SAHIAIICT · AIICT2,5360.4%
- 8KAPILDEV PD. YADAVIndependent · IND1,9610.3%
- 9M.D. LAL BABUIndependent · IND1,4210.2%
- 10M.D. MALOKHIndependent · IND1,4040.2%
- 11BIR SINGHIndependent · IND1,1690.2%
- 12RAGHUBANSH PD. SINGHIndependent · IND8560.1%
- 13PRAMOD KUMAR THAKURIndependent · IND7760.1%
- 14GOPLA PODDARIndependent · IND6050.1%
- 15BINDA MAHTOIndependent · IND5990.1%
- 16KAUSHAL KISHORE SINGHIndependent · IND5850.1%
- 17SAKET K. VERMAIndependent · IND5820.1%
- 18RAVI SHANKAR ANANDIndependent · IND5310.1%
- 19RAJ KUMAR PRASADIndependent · IND5240.1%
- 20MAHESH DASIndependent · IND5020.1%
- 21LAL BABU SINGHIndependent · IND4950.1%
- 22VRIJ MOHAN RAIIndependent · IND4650.1%
- 23URMILA SINHAIndependent · IND4610.1%
- 24KEDAR PD. SINGHIndependent · IND4080.1%
- 25RAGHUNATH MAHTOIndependent · IND3850.1%
- 26RANVIR ABHIMANUEIndependent · IND3650.1%
- 27SHASHI SHEKHAR SINGHIndependent · IND3650.1%
- 28RAKESH PD. VERMAIndependent · IND3480.1%
- 29RAMDAYAL THAKURIndependent · IND3180.0%
- 30NALINI KANT OJHAIndependent · IND3150.0%
- 31RAM NARESH PASWANIndependent · IND3060.0%
- 32M.M. ALIIndependent · IND2950.0%
- 33KRISHNA KUMAR RAIIndependent · IND2900.0%
- 34RAM BABU SINGHIndependent · IND2590.0%
- 35SURESH NARAIN VERMAIndependent · IND2590.0%
- 36LALIT SAHIndependent · IND2500.0%
- 37AMBIKA PD. THAKURIndependent · IND2420.0%
- 38RAM BABU PATELIndependent · IND2340.0%
- 39CHANDRA NARAIN SHARMAIndependent · IND2280.0%
- 40NIRAJ KUMAR SONAIndependent · IND2230.0%
- 41MITRA NAND SINGHIndependent · IND2190.0%
- 42SAHEB UDAMIndian Union Muslim League · IUML2130.0%
- 43CHANDRA BHUSHAN SINGHIndependent · IND2110.0%
- 44LAL BABU CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND2080.0%
- 45RANJIT KUMARIndependent · IND2020.0%
- 46PHARHAT ABBASIndependent · IND1960.0%
- 47HARIVANSH MAHTOIndependent · IND1930.0%
- 48DEVKI NANDAN YADAVIndependent · IND1920.0%
- 49SHAMBHU NATH MEHTAIndependent · IND1900.0%
- 50RAJ KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1830.0%
- 51RAM CHANDRA PRASADIndependent · IND1790.0%
- 52KRISHNA RAMIndependent · IND1760.0%
- 53YASHODA DEVIIndependent · IND1610.0%
- 54RADHA KANT SINGHIndependent · IND1510.0%
- 55ASHOK KUMARIndependent · IND1500.0%
- 56BRAJ KISHORE CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND1480.0%
- 57ANMOL KUMARIndependent · IND1430.0%
- 58UMESH SINGHIndependent · IND1390.0%
- 59RAM DHYAN PD.Independent · IND1380.0%
- 60SHATRUGHAN JHAIndependent · IND1290.0%
- 61CHANDRA SINGH CHAUHANIndependent · IND1220.0%
- 62RAJIV CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND1220.0%
- 63M.D. ISRAILIndependent · IND1060.0%
- 64SANJAY KUMARIndependent · IND990.0%
- 65SITA RAM KUNWARIndependent · IND930.0%
- 66ONKAR NATH SINGHIndependent · IND810.0%
- 67KESHAV PD. MISHRAIndependent · IND560.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- JD
- Winner now
- JD
- JD–SAP swing
- −38.2%
- JD share
- 50.7% → 50.0%
- SAP share
- 0.0% → 37.4%
- Turnout
- 64.0% → 60.3%