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73. Jhanjharpur

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-JHANJHARPUR

JD 54.0%won by 11.8%INC 42.2%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.1% to 11.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 4.5% to 62.8%.

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

Electorate
10,57,257
Turnout
62.8%
Valid votes
6,64,227
Margin
78,149
11.77%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
JD
JDINC swing
−8.4%
JD share
57.7% 54.0%
INC share
37.6% 42.2%
Turnout
67.3% 62.8%