Constituency
89. Bhagalpur
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-BHAGALPUR
JD 41.8%won by 8.2%BJP 33.6%
What changed here
DerivedJanata 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%
Candidates
26 contested · winner JD- 1CHUNCHUN PRASAD YADAVJanata Dal · JD2,69,92741.8%
- 2PRABHASH CHANDRA TIWARIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,16,79033.6%
- 3RAMESHWAR THAKURIndian National Congress · INC1,15,10017.8%
- 4ONKAR PD. RAMAIICT · AIICT7,3331.1%
- 5SATISH CHANDRA SINHABahujan Samaj Party · BSP6,6391.0%
- 6AIYOOB HASANJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM6,1160.9%
- 7CHANDRAHAS YADAVIndependent · IND2,6750.4%
- 8FAIYAZ BHAGALPURIIndependent · IND2,4570.4%
- 9MANOK KUMARIndependent · IND2,2810.4%
- 10RAMAWATAR ROYIndependent · IND1,9450.3%
- 11MAHAKAL REKHAIndependent · IND1,5420.2%
- 12RAJ KUMAR YADAVIndependent · IND1,3780.2%
- 13BHAG CHANDIndependent · IND1,3610.2%
- 14BALDEO MANDALIndependent · IND1,3230.2%
- 15KAMTA PRASADIndependent · IND1,2410.2%
- 16SUDHIR CHOUDHRYIndependent · IND1,1970.2%
- 17MURARI LAL SHARMAIndependent · IND1,1770.2%
- 18KRISHNA PRASAD SAHIndependent · IND7900.1%
- 19MUNINDRA K.JAISAWALShiv Sena · SHS7340.1%
- 20JAGARNATH SAHIndependent · IND6840.1%
- 21RAMREKHA SINGHIndependent · IND5170.1%
- 22ALI HASAN AYOOBIIndependent · IND4710.1%
- 23CHANDRADEO PASWANIndependent · IND4310.1%
- 24SHASHI BHUSHAN MISHRAIndependent · IND3920.1%
- 25VIRCHAND JAINIndependent · IND3350.1%
- 26VIJAY KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND2550.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- JD
- Winner now
- JD
- JD–BJP swing
- −23.7%
- JD share
- 52.4% → 41.8%
- BJP share
- 20.5% → 33.6%
- Turnout
- 57.0% → 52.5%