Election
Constituency

62. Motihari

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-MOTIHARI

RJD 41.5%won by 13.3%BJP 28.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which now leads by 13.3%.

  • RJD vote shareRJD went from 0.0% to 41.5% of the vote here (+41.5%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.6% between them, down from 93.1% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.7% to 59.5%.

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

Electorate
11,12,139
Turnout
59.5%
Valid votes
6,61,406
Margin
88,074
13.32%

Candidates

13 contested · winner RJD
  1. 1RAMA DEVIRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD2,74,27241.5%
  2. 2RADHA MOHAN SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,86,19828.2%
  3. 3DEBENDRA NATH DUBEYSamajwadi Party · SP1,62,76324.6%
  4. 4KAMLA MISHRA MADHUKARCommunist Party of India · CPI28,1904.3%
  5. 5ABHAY KUMARIndependent · IND2,4250.4%
  6. 6PRABHU SAHIndependent · IND1,9860.3%
  7. 7MUKESH KUMAR VERMAIndependent · IND1,5650.2%
  8. 8PRABHU RAMIndependent · IND1,2640.2%
  9. 9RAM NATH CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND9690.1%
  10. 10SHASHI BHUSHAN SINGHIndependent · IND5660.1%
  11. 11ARVIND KUMAR SINHAIndependent · IND5370.1%
  12. 12GOPAL SHANKAR BH.Independent · IND3820.1%
  13. 13JAG JIVAN BAITHAIndependent · IND2890.0%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
RJDflipped
RJD–BJP swing
+70.3%
RJD share
0.0% → 41.5%
BJP share
57.0% → 28.2%
Turnout
54.8% → 59.5%
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