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89. Bhagalpur

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-BHAGALPUR

JD 41.8%won by 8.2%BJP 33.6%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.0% to 8.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 4.5% to 52.5%.

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

Electorate
12,27,940
Turnout
52.5%
Valid votes
6,45,091
Margin
53,137
8.24%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
JD
JDBJP swing
−23.7%
JD share
52.4% 41.8%
BJP share
20.5% 33.6%
Turnout
57.0% 52.5%