Constituency
73. Jhanjharpur
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-JHANJHARPUR
JD 54.0%won by 11.8%INC 42.2%
What changed here
DerivedJanata 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%
Candidates
15 contested · winner JD- 1DEVENDRA PRASAD YADAVJanata Dal · JD3,58,39654.0%
- 2DHANIK LAL MANDAL(BELHA WALE)Indian National Congress · INC2,80,24742.2%
- 3JAGDISH KAMATSamajwadi Party · SP10,1981.5%
- 4PADAM NA. JHAIndependent · IND3,2890.5%
- 5SUBH CHANDRA JHAIndependent · IND2,1370.3%
- 6CHAKRAPANI JHAAIICT · AIICT1,8960.3%
- 7DEV NATH SINGHIndependent · IND1,7510.3%
- 8PANDIT SUSHIL JHAIndependent · IND1,0430.2%
- 9BARUN KUMAR JHAIndependent · IND9190.1%
- 10GIJO DEVIIndependent · IND8950.1%
- 11SURYA NATH MISHRAIndependent · IND8830.1%
- 12MD. KHURSHID ANWARIndependent · IND7860.1%
- 13GANGA PRASAD YADAVIndependent · IND7760.1%
- 14DHANIK LAL MANDAL(PHULKAHI WALE)Independent · IND6480.1%
- 15SUSHIL KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND3630.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- JD
- Winner now
- JD
- JD–INC swing
- −8.4%
- JD share
- 57.7% → 54.0%
- INC share
- 37.6% → 42.2%
- Turnout
- 67.3% → 62.8%