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88. Banka

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-BANKA

JD 43.9%won by 2.3%SAP 41.5%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.1% to 2.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerSamajwadi Andolan Party (SAP) finished second with 41.5% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.4% of the vote between them, up from 78.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 10.2% to 59.8%.

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

Electorate
10,53,423
Turnout
59.8%
Valid votes
6,29,616
Margin
14,715
2.34%

Candidates

31 contested · winner JD
  1. 1GIRIDHARI YADAVJanata Dal · JD2,76,21443.9%
  2. 2DIGVIJAY SINGHSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP2,61,49941.5%
  3. 3MANORMA SINGHIndian National Congress · INC42,0456.7%
  4. 4RADHE SHYAM PRASADJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM10,7681.7%
  5. 5KUMAR SANJAYBahujan Samaj Party · BSP8,9311.4%
  6. 6MAT UR RAHMANIndependent · IND3,9980.6%
  7. 7PRAKASH PARIHATIndependent · IND3,6890.6%
  8. 8UMA KANT YADAVIndependent · IND2,8170.4%
  9. 9MANOJ KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND2,7040.4%
  10. 10GANESH SHARMAIndependent · IND2,5300.4%
  11. 11BAL KRISHNA YADAVIndependent · IND1,8760.3%
  12. 12GOPAL SHARMAIndependent · IND1,4680.2%
  13. 13ARJUN TURIIndependent · IND1,3430.2%
  14. 14YOGENDRA PRASADIndependent · IND1,3230.2%
  15. 15TRIBHUWAN PANDITIndependent · IND1,1040.2%
  16. 16HIRA MAN MANDALIndependent · IND8910.1%
  17. 17AMBUJ KISHOR JHAAIICT · AIICT8000.1%
  18. 18HARI KISHOR YADAVIndependent · IND8000.1%
  19. 19YUDHIRSHTIR PD. PANDEIndependent · IND7760.1%
  20. 20VRAHAMDEO YADAVIndependent · IND7710.1%
  21. 21RAJENDER SINGHIndependent · IND4650.1%
  22. 22UMA THAKURIndependent · IND4610.1%
  23. 23GOPI KRISHNA RAUTIndependent · IND4580.1%
  24. 24RAMESHWAR CHOUHANIndependent · IND3510.1%
  25. 25SAMIM AKHTARIndependent · IND3410.1%
  26. 26VIVEKA NAND SINGHIndependent · IND3300.1%
  27. 27RAM DEO YADAVIndependent · IND2910.0%
  28. 28SHASHI BHUSHAN PRASADShiv Sena · SHS1980.0%
  29. 29AMULYA KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1750.0%
  30. 30GOVIND MANDALIndependent · IND1430.0%
  31. 31HEM CHANDRA YADAVIndependent · IND560.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
JD
JD–SAP swing
−48.3%
JD share
50.7% → 43.9%
SAP share
0.0% → 41.5%
Turnout
49.6% → 59.8%
87. Godda89. Bhagalpur
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