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68. Vaishali

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-VAISHALI

RJD 44.0%won by 5.7%SAP 38.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which now leads by 5.7%.

  • RJD vote shareRJD went from 0.0% to 44.0% of the vote here (+44.0%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.3% between them, down from 91.7% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.0% to 69.8%.

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

Electorate
10,49,832
Turnout
69.8%
Valid votes
7,32,543
Margin
41,494
5.66%

Candidates

11 contested · winner RJD
  1. 1RAGHUVANSH PRASAD SINGHRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD3,22,10144.0%
  2. 2BRISHIM PATELSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP2,80,60738.3%
  3. 3SHASHI KUMAR RAIJanata Dal · JD1,11,06715.2%
  4. 4BHARAT PD.SINGHBJC · BJC6,6000.9%
  5. 5LAKHICHANDRA RAYIndependent · IND5,9820.8%
  6. 6BADRI RAMIndependent · IND1,4770.2%
  7. 7SHASHI BHUSHAN SINGHSamajwadi Party · SP1,4480.2%
  8. 8VASUDEO RAMIndependent · IND1,0700.1%
  9. 9JAGDEO PASWANIndependent · IND9820.1%
  10. 10SUKHDEO KESARIIndependent · IND6810.1%
  11. 11UMASHANKER PASWANIndependent · IND5280.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
RJDflipped
RJD–SAP swing
+47.1%
RJD share
0.0% → 44.0%
SAP share
41.4% → 38.3%
Turnout
66.7% → 69.8%
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