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Constituency

108. Ranchi

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-RANCHI

BJP 35.9%won by 6.6%INC 29.4%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 25.9% to 6.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Dal (JD) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.3% between them, down from 71.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.8% to 53.2%.

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

Electorate
11,26,150
Turnout
53.2%
Valid votes
5,98,925
Margin
39,292
6.56%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPINC swing
−24.6%
BJP share
48.5% 35.9%
INC share
17.3% 29.4%
Turnout
49.4% 53.2%