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74. Darbhanga

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-DARBHANGA

JD 51.9%won by 16.8%BJP 35.1%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.7% to 16.8%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.0% of the vote between them, up from 80.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 6.0% to 60.5%.

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

Electorate
10,25,836
Turnout
60.5%
Valid votes
6,20,225
Margin
1,04,021
16.77%

Candidates

23 contested · winner JD
  1. 1MD. ALI ASHRAF FATMIJanata Dal · JD3,21,82851.9%
  2. 2DHIRENDRA KUMAR JHABharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,17,80735.1%
  3. 3NAGENDRA JHAIndian National Congress · INC67,30510.9%
  4. 4JAMIL AHMAD KHANRAM · RAM1,8950.3%
  5. 5MOHAN GOSWAMIIndependent · IND1,8100.3%
  6. 6RAM NARAYAN SINGHIndependent · IND1,6430.3%
  7. 7THAKKO MAHTOIndependent · IND1,3120.2%
  8. 8MADAN MOHAN CHOUDHARYAIICT · AIICT1,0530.2%
  9. 9MADAN SAHNIIndependent · IND8830.1%
  10. 10NAVIN KUMAR JHAIndependent · IND8040.1%
  11. 11SHIV NARAYAN MANDALIndependent · IND6420.1%
  12. 12RAJENDRA SAHIndependent · IND6310.1%
  13. 13BINOD YADAVIndependent · IND5100.1%
  14. 14VINOD YADAVIndependent · IND4750.1%
  15. 15FARYAJ AHMADIndependent · IND4390.1%
  16. 16BINDESHWAR JHAIndependent · IND1990.0%
  17. 17PREM SHANKAR JHAIndependent · IND1650.0%
  18. 18ANWAR IMAM SANJARIndependent · IND1590.0%
  19. 19SURYA NA. YADAVIndependent · IND1550.0%
  20. 20PRAMOD KU. CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND1540.0%
  21. 21MD. SABIR HUSSAINIndependent · IND1300.0%
  22. 22SHRAVAN JHAIndependent · IND1260.0%
  23. 23RAMRAJI YADAVIndependent · IND1000.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
JD
JD–BJP swing
−22.1%
JD share
51.7% → 51.9%
BJP share
12.9% → 35.1%
Turnout
66.4% → 60.5%
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