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81. Araria

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-ARARIA

JD 42.8%won by 8.3%BJP 34.6%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 31.3% to 8.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.7% to 55.7%.

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

Electorate
10,49,489
Turnout
55.7%
Valid votes
5,84,137
Margin
48,278
8.26%

Candidates

21 contested · winner JD
  1. 1SUKDEO PASWANJanata Dal · JD2,50,26342.8%
  2. 2RAMJI RISHIDEOBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,01,98534.6%
  3. 3HARI PRASAD BAISHYANTRIIndian National Congress · INC91,87315.7%
  4. 4BABUJEE RISHIDEOIndependent · IND10,5081.8%
  5. 5BABULAL PASWANIndependent · IND8,5491.5%
  6. 6VIJAY RAJAKIndependent · IND6,6481.1%
  7. 7BUDDHADEO RISHIDEOIndependent · IND2,1610.4%
  8. 8SHAMBHU SHARAN RAMIndependent · IND1,4390.2%
  9. 9AD. BAL KRISHNA RAJ CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND1,4310.2%
  10. 10CHANDRADEO RISHIDEOIndependent · IND1,3520.2%
  11. 11YUBRAJ PASWANIndependent · IND1,2710.2%
  12. 12CHANDRA MOHAN RAMBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,2260.2%
  13. 13BIDESHI DASIndependent · IND1,1460.2%
  14. 14SITA RAM RAMIndependent · IND8360.1%
  15. 15LAKSHMI RAMRMEP · RMEP7450.1%
  16. 16BHUWNESHWAR SADAIndependent · IND6150.1%
  17. 17BIDYANAND RISHIDEOIndependent · IND5810.1%
  18. 18NARAYAN DASIndependent · IND5410.1%
  19. 19ASHARFI SADAIndependent · IND3520.1%
  20. 20RAM KUMAR BAITHAIndependent · IND3220.1%
  21. 21SATYA NARAYAN WRITERShiv Sena · SHS2930.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
JD
JD–BJP swing
−23.0%
JD share
53.6% → 42.8%
BJP share
22.3% → 34.6%
Turnout
59.3% → 55.7%
80. Madhepura82. Kishanganj
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