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Constituency

71. Sheohar

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-SHEOHAR

AIRJP 41.6%won by 13.4%SAP 28.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Samajwadi Andolan Party (SAP) lost it to AIRJP (AIRJP), which now leads by 13.4%.

  • AIRJP vote shareAIRJP went from 0.0% to 41.6% of the vote here (+41.6%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.8% between them, down from 92.8% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.1% to 64.7%.

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

Electorate
10,77,623
Turnout
64.7%
Valid votes
6,96,745
Margin
93,144
13.37%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
SAP
Winner now
AIRJPflipped
AIRJPSAP swing
+62.7%
AIRJP share
0.0% 41.6%
SAP share
49.4% 28.2%
Turnout
62.6% 64.7%