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106. Dhanbad

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-DHANBAD

BJP 33.4%won by 2.7%JD 30.7%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.7% to 2.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 30.7% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.1% between them, down from 73.9% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 6.7% to 56.4%.

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

Electorate
14,32,169
Turnout
56.4%
Valid votes
8,07,301
Margin
22,196
2.75%

Candidates

54 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1RITA VERMABharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,69,94233.4%
  2. 2SHAMRESH SINGHJanata Dal · JD2,47,74630.7%
  3. 3A.K. ROYMCO · MCO1,14,40614.2%
  4. 4MUNIR AHMAD KHANJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM50,9696.3%
  5. 5BIJAY KUMAR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC48,2086.0%
  6. 6SHIVA MAHTOJMMM · JMMM32,3854.0%
  7. 7BINOD KR. PODDARIndependent · IND5,7750.7%
  8. 8JARNADAN MAHATOCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL5,5510.7%
  9. 9GOUTAM KUMARIndependent · IND3,8890.5%
  10. 10DEOLAL BAURIIndependent · IND2,5580.3%
  11. 11A.P. SHARMAIndependent · IND2,0790.3%
  12. 12RAJESH KUMAR LALABJS · ABJS1,6420.2%
  13. 13DASHRATH PASWANIndependent · IND1,3690.2%
  14. 14ANAND KUMAR SINHAIndependent · IND1,3530.2%
  15. 15RANDHIR SINGHIndependent · IND1,0470.1%
  16. 16RIZWANIndependent · IND9400.1%
  17. 17JITENDRA SINGHIndependent · IND9400.1%
  18. 18DITHO SINHAIndependent · IND9220.1%
  19. 19RAM AUTAR AGARWALIndependent · IND9040.1%
  20. 20BUDHAN RAMIndependent · IND8860.1%
  21. 21DILIP KUMARIndependent · IND7300.1%
  22. 22JEETENDER SINGHIndependent · IND7290.1%
  23. 23YOGENDRA SINGHIndependent · IND6060.1%
  24. 24MD. MITH KHALIPHAIndependent · IND5990.1%
  25. 25ANIL KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND5990.1%
  26. 26R.R. PRAMANIKShiv Sena · SHS5910.1%
  27. 27ISHWARLAL MAHATOIndependent · IND5860.1%
  28. 28RATAN SHARMAIndependent · IND5850.1%
  29. 29AMBAI SORENIndependent · IND5800.1%
  30. 30BHOLA RAWANIIndependent · IND5770.1%
  31. 31DURGA CHARAN MAHTOAMB · AMB5740.1%
  32. 32CHANDRA SEKHAR SINGH TUFANIndependent · IND5230.1%
  33. 33ASHOK KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND4900.1%
  34. 34RAMNATH SINGHIndependent · IND4750.1%
  35. 35VINOD KUMARIndependent · IND4570.1%
  36. 36SHAKUNTALA MISHRAIndependent · IND4150.1%
  37. 37SUKLAL MAHTOAIICT · AIICT3940.0%
  38. 38UMA SHANKER PRASADIndependent · IND3780.0%
  39. 39PARAMJIT SINGHIndependent · IND3490.0%
  40. 40JAMINI KA MUKHERJEEIndependent · IND3480.0%
  41. 41AMITAB DUTTAIndependent · IND3290.0%
  42. 42AWADH KISHORE PRASADIndependent · IND3140.0%
  43. 43ALOK KUMARIndependent · IND2960.0%
  44. 44KEDAR PRASADIndependent · IND2790.0%
  45. 45PANCHDEO NARAYANBPI · BPI2740.0%
  46. 46KAPILDEO YADAVIndependent · IND2470.0%
  47. 47ASHIS KUMAR NANDIIndependent · IND2230.0%
  48. 48SHANKAR PRASAD KHANDELWALIndependent · IND2100.0%
  49. 49ANANDI MISTRYIndependent · IND2040.0%
  50. 50SYED ABU SAMIMIndependent · IND1900.0%
  51. 51ANIL KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1890.0%
  52. 52INDU SINGHIndependent · IND1670.0%
  53. 53SHRI KRISHNA PASWANIndependent · IND1460.0%
  54. 54SUDARSHAN PRASAD MISHRA CHANDANIndependent · IND1370.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–JD swing
−41.5%
BJP share
44.3% → 33.4%
JD share
0.0% → 30.7%
Turnout
49.6% → 56.4%
105. Giridih107. Hazaribagh
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