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79. Saharsa

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-SAHARSA

RJD 35.8%won by 7.5%JD 28.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which now leads by 7.5%.

  • RJD vote shareRJD went from 0.0% to 35.8% of the vote here (+35.8%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.1% between them, down from 92.5% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
11,41,534
Turnout
63.7%
Valid votes
7,27,050
Margin
54,168
7.45%

Candidates

6 contested · winner RJD
  1. 1ANUPLAL YADAVRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD2,59,96135.8%
  2. 2DINESH CHANDRA YADAVJanata Dal · JD2,05,79328.3%
  3. 3CHOUDHARY MD.FAROOQUE SALAHUDDIINSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP1,92,74926.5%
  4. 4TARANAND SADAIndian National Congress · INC52,5797.2%
  5. 5GANGANATH ROYBLLP · BLLP9,9591.4%
  6. 6JAWAHAR RAJAKIndependent · IND6,0090.8%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
RJDflipped
RJD–JD swing
+64.6%
RJD share
0.0% → 35.8%
JD share
57.1% → 28.3%
Turnout
61.9% → 63.7%
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