Constituency
78. Balia
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-BALIA
RJD 39.3%won by 8.6%CPI 30.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which now leads by 8.6%.
- RJD vote shareRJD went from 0.0% to 39.3% of the vote here (+39.3%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.0% between them, down from 85.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 8.4% to 61.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,96,528
Turnout
61.3%
Valid votes
6,10,686
Margin
52,484
8.59%
Candidates
5 contested · winner RJD- 1RAJBANSHI MAHTORashtriya Janata Dal · RJD2,40,11939.3%
- 2SHATRAGHNA PD. SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI1,87,63530.7%
- 3RAM NARESH PD.SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,73,54428.4%
- 4RAM LAKHAN SINGHIndependent · IND4,7530.8%
- 5RAJA RAM DASIndependent · IND4,6350.8%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- RJDflipped
- RJD–CPI swing
- +59.5%
- RJD share
- 0.0% → 39.3%
- CPI share
- 50.9% → 30.7%
- Turnout
- 52.8% → 61.3%