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81. Araria

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-ARARIA

BJP 45.6%won by 5.0%RJD 40.6%

What changed here

Derived

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

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 34.6% to 45.6% of the vote here (+11.0%).
  • New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 40.6% — it did not contest here in 1996.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.1% of the vote between them, up from 77.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 9.3% to 65.0%.

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

Electorate
10,44,252
Turnout
65.0%
Valid votes
6,78,739
Margin
33,937
5.00%

Candidates

6 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1RAMJE DAS RISHIDEOBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,09,23345.6%
  2. 2GEETA DEVIRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD2,75,29640.6%
  3. 3SUKDEO PASWANJanata Dal · JD71,79010.6%
  4. 4RAMDEO RISHIDEOIndependent · IND10,7521.6%
  5. 5VISHWANATH PASWANJanahitha Paksha · JP7,8391.2%
  6. 6CHUNNI LAL RAJVANSHIIndependent · IND3,8290.6%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–RJD swing
−29.6%
BJP share
34.6% → 45.6%
RJD share
0.0% → 40.6%
Turnout
55.7% → 65.0%
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