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Constituency

87. Godda

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-GODDA

BJP 35.9%won by 9.0%JD 26.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 9.0%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 29.4% to 35.9% of the vote here (+6.5%).
  • New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 26.8% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.7% between them, down from 78.5% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.4% to 57.3%.

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

Electorate
10,83,740
Turnout
57.3%
Valid votes
6,21,093
Margin
56,185
9.05%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
JMM
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJPJD swing
−20.3%
BJP share
29.4% 35.9%
JD share
0.0% 26.8%
Turnout
54.9% 57.3%