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78. Balia

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-BALIA

CPI 50.9%won by 16.8%BJP 34.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.6% to 16.8%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
9,94,509
Turnout
52.8%
Valid votes
5,25,636
Margin
88,334
16.81%

Candidates

14 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1SHATRUGHAN PRASAD SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI2,67,48250.9%
  2. 2RAM LAKHAN SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,79,14834.1%
  3. 3CHANDRA BHANU DEVIIndian National Congress · INC44,3808.4%
  4. 4AWADHESH KUMAR SINGHAIICT · AIICT10,0841.9%
  5. 5YOGESHWAR GOPECpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL7,7951.5%
  6. 6DILEEP KESHARIIndependent · IND4,0150.8%
  7. 7RAM KRISHNA MAHTOIndependent · IND2,8880.5%
  8. 8VIJAY SHANKAR AZAD TANTIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,4700.5%
  9. 9RAMASHRAY THAKURIndependent · IND2,2440.4%
  10. 10KAZI SHAHEENIndependent · IND1,2100.2%
  11. 11SAGAR SINGHIndependent · IND1,0910.2%
  12. 12KRISHNA DEO PASWANIndependent · IND1,0630.2%
  13. 13BHOLA PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND1,0140.2%
  14. 14SHISHIR KUMAR SINHAIndependent · IND7520.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–BJP swing
−27.6%
CPI share
53.4% → 50.9%
BJP share
9.0% → 34.1%
Turnout
52.1% → 52.8%
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