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71. Sheohar

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-SHEOHAR

SAP 49.4%won by 6.0%JD 43.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Samajwadi Andolan Party (SAP), which now leads by 6.0%.

  • SAP vote shareSAP went from 0.0% to 49.4% of the vote here (+49.4%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.8% of the vote between them, up from 80.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.2% to 62.6%.

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

Electorate
10,84,065
Turnout
62.6%
Valid votes
6,78,513
Margin
40,637
5.99%

Candidates

28 contested · winner SAP
  1. 1ANAND MOHANSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP3,34,99449.4%
  2. 2RAM CHANDRA PURVEJanata Dal · JD2,94,35743.4%
  3. 3HARISHANKAR PD. YADAVIndian National Congress · INC24,4033.6%
  4. 4MAGAN DEO PRASADShiv Sena · SHS2,9920.4%
  5. 5CHANDESHWAR PD. SINGHIndependent · IND2,6870.4%
  6. 6JILDAR RAMIndependent · IND2,6440.4%
  7. 7MADHURENDRA KUMAR SINGHAIICT · AIICT2,1510.3%
  8. 8MD. JAMIL AKHTARIndependent · IND1,8630.3%
  9. 9RAJ NANDAN GANDHIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,7510.3%
  10. 10FAIYAJ BIHARIIndependent · IND1,3430.2%
  11. 11MANOJ UPADHYAYIndependent · IND1,2080.2%
  12. 12GOPA THAKURIndependent · IND1,1220.2%
  13. 13RAGHUNATH PRASADIndependent · IND1,1070.2%
  14. 14MUNIDRA KUMAR JHAIndependent · IND8330.1%
  15. 15MUKESH BHUSHAN SINGHIndependent · IND7350.1%
  16. 16SATYANARAN BHAGATIndependent · IND6340.1%
  17. 17RAGHUNATH SINGHIndependent · IND5210.1%
  18. 18M. SOHAILIndependent · IND4780.1%
  19. 19RAMPUKAR PRASADIndependent · IND4300.1%
  20. 20ABDUL WASHIRIndependent · IND4180.1%
  21. 21RAMLAL PASWANIndependent · IND3990.1%
  22. 22BRAHMDEO RAIIndependent · IND3490.1%
  23. 23DINESH CHANDRA PD. SINGHIndependent · IND2310.0%
  24. 24SHIVSHANKAR MANDALIndependent · IND2310.0%
  25. 25RAMANAND SINGHIndependent · IND1980.0%
  26. 26NANDU SINGHIndependent · IND1770.0%
  27. 27SHAMBHU PRASAD PREMIIndependent · IND1580.0%
  28. 28RAMBHAROS PASWANIndependent · IND990.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
SAPflipped
SAP–JD swing
+60.2%
SAP share
0.0% → 49.4%
JD share
54.2% → 43.4%
Turnout
59.4% → 62.6%
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