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97. Sasaram

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-SASARAM

BJP 48.2%won by 9.2%JD 39.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 9.2%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 8.6% to 48.2% of the vote here (+39.6%).
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.9% to 51.4%.

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

Electorate
11,38,941
Turnout
51.4%
Valid votes
5,85,547
Margin
53,633
9.16%

Candidates

19 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1MUNI LALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,82,07548.2%
  2. 2CHHEDI PASWANJanata Dal · JD2,28,44239.0%
  3. 3VISHRAM RAMBahujan Samaj Party · BSP32,4155.5%
  4. 4ISHWAR DAYAL RAMIndian National Congress · INC11,9252.0%
  5. 5RAVI SHANKER RAMCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL8,6701.5%
  6. 6KANAIHYA RAMIndependent · IND4,9780.9%
  7. 7SANEHI RAMIndependent · IND3,3200.6%
  8. 8JAGDISH PASWANIndependent · IND2,8480.5%
  9. 9SHAIL RANI DEVIIndependent · IND2,0460.3%
  10. 10MOHENDRA RAMIndependent · IND1,8180.3%
  11. 11BANGALI RAMIndependent · IND1,3810.2%
  12. 12KAILASH RAMIndependent · IND1,2920.2%
  13. 13ARUN KUMAR RAMSanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD1,2430.2%
  14. 14RAMASHRIT RAMBKUS · BKUS8570.1%
  15. 15RAM SAKHI PASWANIndependent · IND5760.1%
  16. 16DUDHBATH PASWANIndependent · IND5730.1%
  17. 17RAM BACHAN RAMIndependent · IND5090.1%
  18. 18LAKSHMAN PASWANIndependent · IND3450.1%
  19. 19RAMJI PASWANIndependent · IND2340.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–JD swing
+45.1%
BJP share
8.6% → 48.2%
JD share
44.5% → 39.0%
Turnout
48.5% → 51.4%
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