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73. Jhanjharpur

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-JHANJHARPUR

RJD 37.6%won by 5.4%SAP 32.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which now leads by 5.4%.

  • RJD vote shareRJD went from 0.0% to 37.6% of the vote here (+37.6%).
  • New challengerSamajwadi Andolan Party (SAP) finished second with 32.2% — it did not contest here in 1996.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.7% between them, down from 96.1% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.1% to 65.9%.

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

Electorate
10,53,245
Turnout
65.9%
Valid votes
6,94,189
Margin
37,268
5.37%

Candidates

8 contested · winner RJD
  1. 1SURENDRA PRASAD YADAVRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD2,60,70037.6%
  2. 2JAGDISH N. CHOUDHARYSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP2,23,43232.2%
  3. 3DEVANDRA PRASAD YADAVJanata Dal · JD1,66,99024.1%
  4. 4KRIPANATH PATHAKIndian National Congress · INC32,8374.7%
  5. 5GOPI RAMIndependent · IND4,3080.6%
  6. 6RAMSEWAK RAMIndependent · IND2,5920.4%
  7. 7DEVENDRA PRASAD YADAVIndependent · IND1,8720.3%
  8. 8SAJAN RAMIndependent · IND1,4580.2%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
RJDflipped
RJD–SAP swing
+5.4%
RJD share
0.0% → 37.6%
SAP share
0.0% → 32.2%
Turnout
62.8% → 65.9%
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