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82. Kishanganj

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-KISHANGANJ

JD 55.7%won by 24.0%BJP 31.7%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.2% to 24.0%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.4% of the vote between them, up from 73.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 6.0% to 60.5%.

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

Electorate
11,30,883
Turnout
60.5%
Valid votes
6,84,493
Margin
1,64,583
24.04%

Candidates

15 contested · winner JD
  1. 1TASLIMUDDINJanata Dal · JD3,81,53055.7%
  2. 2VISHWANATH KEJRIWALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,16,94731.7%
  3. 3MD. MUSTAQUE MUNNAIndependent · IND45,5716.7%
  4. 4MD. ZAHIDUR RAHMANIndian National Congress · INC15,8952.3%
  5. 5SYED SHAHABUDDINJanahitha Paksha · JP9,0951.3%
  6. 6MD JUBER ALAMIndependent · IND8,8821.3%
  7. 7PARVEEN KR.PASWANIndependent · IND1,9090.3%
  8. 8SATYENDERANATH VERMAIndependent · IND1,4580.2%
  9. 9LAXAMI RISHIDEOIndependent · IND9330.1%
  10. 10DILIP KUMAR GHOSHIndependent · IND6210.1%
  11. 11HARI MOHAN SINGHIndependent · IND5100.1%
  12. 12LAXMI PRASAD SINGHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP4280.1%
  13. 13ATAHAR HUSSAINIndependent · IND3170.0%
  14. 14HARI RAM AGARWALIndependent · IND2720.0%
  15. 15AZIMUDDINIndependent · IND1250.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
JD
JD–BJP swing
+8.9%
JD share
44.1% → 55.7%
BJP share
28.9% → 31.7%
Turnout
54.5% → 60.5%
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