Constituency
70. Sitamarhi
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-SITAMARHI
JD 43.8%won by 11.2%INC 32.6%
What changed here
DerivedJanata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.0% to 11.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 21.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.5% between them, down from 94.9% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,15,473
Turnout
66.0%
Valid votes
7,35,844
Margin
82,257
11.18%
Candidates
30 contested · winner JD- 1NAWAL KISHORE RAIJanata Dal · JD3,22,48343.8%
- 2MD. ANVARUL HAQUEIndian National Congress · INC2,40,22632.6%
- 3UMA SHANKAR GUPTABharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,56,34521.2%
- 4BRAHMDEO PRASAD YADAVIndependent · IND4,3960.6%
- 5MITHILESH KUMARIndependent · IND2,1690.3%
- 6MD. BADRUDDINIndependent · IND1,1420.2%
- 7YOGENDRA MUKHIYAIndependent · IND9200.1%
- 8NAWAL KISHORE SHAHIAIICT · AIICT8950.1%
- 9ABDUL HASANIndependent · IND7670.1%
- 10GIRIJANANDAN PRASAD YADAVIndependent · IND7060.1%
- 11PRITI MOHAN RASTOGIIndependent · IND6530.1%
- 12UMA RAMAN SINGHIndependent · IND5640.1%
- 13RAM KRIPAL SINGHIndependent · IND5320.1%
- 14KAILASH BAITHABahujan Samaj Party · BSP5210.1%
- 15DEVENDRA PRASAD YADAVIndependent · IND5110.1%
- 16MD. FAIZUL HAQUE SIDDIQUIIndependent · IND3630.0%
- 17MD. ABU SALIQUE ASRAFIIndependent · IND3570.0%
- 18RAM AUTAR PANDITIndependent · IND3220.0%
- 19RABINDRA RAIIndependent · IND3150.0%
- 20MAHESH PRASADIndependent · IND2860.0%
- 21KISHORI THAKURIndependent · IND2130.0%
- 22MAHENDRA MAHTOIndependent · IND2030.0%
- 23SURESH RAIIndependent · IND1670.0%
- 24MD. AZIMULLAHIndependent · IND1520.0%
- 25RAM PRIT YADAVIndependent · IND1430.0%
- 26RAMKRISHNA SINGHIndependent · IND1310.0%
- 27SHASHI RANJAN KUMARIndependent · IND1160.0%
- 28SHEO CHANDRA THAKURFBL · FBL1080.0%
- 29RAMSHANKAR PRASADIndependent · IND750.0%
- 30CHANDESGWAR RAIIndependent · IND630.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- JD
- Winner now
- JD
- JD–INC swing
- −23.8%
- JD share
- 64.9% → 43.8%
- INC share
- 29.9% → 32.6%
- Turnout
- 64.4% → 66.0%