Constituency
65. Maharajganj
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-MAHARAJGANJ
SAP 54.2%won by 30.9%INC 23.3%
What changed here
DerivedSamajwadi Andolan Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 25.5% to 30.9%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Dal (JD) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.5% between them, down from 83.2% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 6.8% to 67.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,82,307
Turnout
67.6%
Valid votes
6,64,232
Margin
2,05,553
30.95%
Candidates
7 contested · winner SAP- 1PRABHUNATH SINGHSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP3,60,26554.2%
- 2MAHACHANDRA PRASAD SINGHIndian National Congress · INC1,54,71223.3%
- 3RAMBHADUR SINGHSJPR · SJPR1,19,58718.0%
- 4AJIT KUMAR SINGHJanata Dal · JD14,7092.2%
- 5UMA PANDEYBJC · BJC8,5881.3%
- 6SAROJ SINGHLok Shakti · LS3,3500.5%
- 7UDAI PRATAP SINGHAIICS · AIICS3,0210.5%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- SAP
- Winner now
- SAP
- SAP–INC swing
- −20.1%
- SAP share
- 54.3% → 54.2%
- INC share
- 3.3% → 23.3%
- Turnout
- 60.8% → 67.6%