EElectionLens
Constituency

105. Giridih

Community mirror

Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-GIRIDIH

BJP 36.5%won by 15.3%JD 21.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 15.3%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 31.8% to 36.5% of the vote here (+4.7%).
  • New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 21.2% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.7% between them, down from 80.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.3% to 53.9%.

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

Electorate
11,08,540
Turnout
53.9%
Valid votes
5,97,478
Margin
91,663
15.34%

Candidates

28 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,18,18836.5%
  2. 2SABA AHMEDJanata Dal · JD1,26,52521.2%
  3. 3RAJ KISHOR MAHTOJMMM · JMMM99,51816.7%
  4. 4RAJENDRA PRASAD SINGHIndian National Congress · INC83,60114.0%
  5. 5LAL CHAND MAHTOJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM50,7088.5%
  6. 6B.K. DUBEYIndependent · IND2,1390.4%
  7. 7KHUBHLAL DASJan Kalyan Party · JKP1,5830.3%
  8. 8SHRADHYANAND PANDEYIndependent · IND1,5180.3%
  9. 9SHIV ASISH CHAUBEYAIICT · AIICT1,4030.2%
  10. 10RAMNIKLAL THAKURIndependent · IND1,2460.2%
  11. 11RAJESHWAR PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND1,1450.2%
  12. 12DURGA SINGHIndependent · IND1,1450.2%
  13. 13USMAN GANIIndependent · IND1,1230.2%
  14. 14MAHANAND MARMUIndependent · IND1,0840.2%
  15. 15PRAMOD PANDITIndependent · IND8540.1%
  16. 16MOHAN RAGANIIndependent · IND7840.1%
  17. 17MURLI MANJHIIndependent · IND7200.1%
  18. 18NAND BIHARI SINGHIndependent · IND6920.1%
  19. 19MUMTAJ ALI ANSARIIndependent · IND5250.1%
  20. 20KISHORE KUMAR JHAIndependent · IND5000.1%
  21. 21VIJAY PR. MAHTOIndependent · IND4740.1%
  22. 22SUFAS PRASAD HANSDAIndependent · IND4670.1%
  23. 23DILIP GOSWAMIIndependent · IND3470.1%
  24. 24SHYAMSUDDIN ANSARIIndependent · IND3300.1%
  25. 25IMRAN KHANIndependent · IND2320.0%
  26. 26KHIREDHAR MAHATOIndependent · IND2240.0%
  27. 27FEKAN CHANDRA MAHATOIndependent · IND2140.0%
  28. 28HABIB JANGIIndependent · IND1890.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
JMM
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–JD swing
−16.4%
BJP share
31.8% → 36.5%
JD share
0.0% → 21.2%
Turnout
49.6% → 53.9%
104. Kodarma106. Dhanbad
Back to the Lok Sabha 1996 explorer