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74. Darbhanga

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-DARBHANGA

RJD 43.3%won by 5.0%BJP 38.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which now leads by 5.0%.

  • RJD vote shareRJD went from 0.0% to 43.3% of the vote here (+43.3%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.7% between them, down from 87.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 9.4% to 69.8%.

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

Electorate
10,43,327
Turnout
69.8%
Valid votes
7,28,435
Margin
36,108
4.96%

Candidates

13 contested · winner RJD
  1. 1MD.ALI ASHARAF FATMIRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD3,15,50343.3%
  2. 2TARA KANT JHABharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,79,39538.4%
  3. 3GHULAM SARWARJanata Dal · JD76,10210.4%
  4. 4BIJOY KANT THAKURCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM32,3054.4%
  5. 5SHASHI DEVICpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL6,5620.9%
  6. 6PADMASHA JHAIndian National Congress · INC4,8650.7%
  7. 7MAHADEO JAYASWALShiv Sena · SHS4,4400.6%
  8. 8SAIF ALAMIndependent · IND2,4020.3%
  9. 9BINDESHAR THAKURLok Shakti · LS2,2510.3%
  10. 10AJUN MAHTOIndependent · IND2,2070.3%
  11. 11SINGHESHWAR DHANKARIndependent · IND1,5680.2%
  12. 12MD.ABBASRAM · RAM4710.1%
  13. 13SYED SOHALI AHMED NOMANIAIICS · AIICS3640.0%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
RJDflipped
RJD–BJP swing
+40.1%
RJD share
0.0% → 43.3%
BJP share
35.1% → 38.4%
Turnout
60.5% → 69.8%
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