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112. Lohardaga

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-LOHARDAGA

BJP 34.0%won by 8.6%INC 25.4%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.6% to 8.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.2% to 50.3%.

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

Electorate
9,38,725
Turnout
50.3%
Valid votes
4,72,017
Margin
40,569
8.59%

Candidates

15 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1LALIT ORAONBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,60,53534.0%
  2. 2BANDI ORAONIndian National Congress · INC1,19,96625.4%
  3. 3KARAM CHAND BHAGATJanata Dal · JD85,93018.2%
  4. 4BERNARD MINJJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM71,95215.2%
  5. 5BINOD KUMAR BHAGATJKPP · JKPP12,1882.6%
  6. 6KARN TANNA BHAGATIndependent · IND4,4600.9%
  7. 7SHANICHARWA TANA BHAGATIndependent · IND4,4230.9%
  8. 8GUNI TANA BHAGATIndependent · IND2,8320.6%
  9. 9KARMA ORAONIndependent · IND2,7980.6%
  10. 10JUGESH ORAONIndependent · IND1,5620.3%
  11. 11BHOJA ORAONPSSS · PSSS1,5290.3%
  12. 12KRISHNA BANGE ORAONIndependent · IND1,2550.3%
  13. 13VIJAY ORAONIndependent · IND1,0730.2%
  14. 14ARUN ORAONIndependent · IND9300.2%
  15. 15SHANI MUDA RAJAIndependent · IND5840.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
−6.0%
BJP share
37.4% → 34.0%
INC share
22.8% → 25.4%
Turnout
45.1% → 50.3%
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