Constituency
80. Madhepura
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-MADHEPURA
JD 61.9%won by 38.5%SAP 23.4%
What changed here
DerivedJanata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 43.3% to 38.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerSamajwadi Andolan Party (SAP) finished second with 23.4% — it did not contest here in 1991.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 4.6% to 61.6%.
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Electorate
9,99,278
Turnout
61.6%
Valid votes
6,15,829
Margin
2,37,144
38.51%
Candidates
16 contested · winner JD- 1SHARAD YADAVJanata Dal · JD3,81,19061.9%
- 2ANAND MANDALSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP1,44,04623.4%
- 3RAMACHANDRA PD.MANDALIndian National Congress · INC63,58810.3%
- 4JAWAHAR YADAVIndependent · IND5,5000.9%
- 5RAMESH NANDA PRASADIndependent · IND4,6930.8%
- 6RABINDRA THAKUR YADAVIndependent · IND3,4880.6%
- 7ABUL KALAM AZADIndependent · IND2,4650.4%
- 8JITENDRA KUMARIndependent · IND2,2190.4%
- 9RADHAKANT YADAVIndependent · IND1,8160.3%
- 10RAJENDRA KUMARIndependent · IND1,5940.3%
- 11AMARENDRA KUMAR AMARIndependent · IND1,2820.2%
- 12SANJAY KUMARIndependent · IND9770.2%
- 13MADAN PD.SAHIndependent · IND9030.1%
- 14MOHAN DEOIndependent · IND8530.1%
- 15BRAHMDEO SHARMAIndependent · IND7110.1%
- 16PARAS NATH GOSWAMIIndependent · IND5040.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- JD
- Winner now
- JD
- JD–SAP swing
- −27.9%
- JD share
- 66.4% → 61.9%
- SAP share
- 0.0% → 23.4%
- Turnout
- 66.3% → 61.6%