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85. Rajmahal

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-RAJMAHAL

BJP 34.0%won by 0.0%INC 34.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 0.0%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 16.7% to 34.0% of the vote here (+17.4%).
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.7% to 61.5%.

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

Electorate
9,50,723
Turnout
61.5%
Valid votes
5,84,517
Margin
9
0.00%

Candidates

11 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1SOM MARANDIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,98,88934.0%
  2. 2THOMAS HANSDAIndian National Congress · INC1,98,88034.0%
  3. 3SIMON MARANDIJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM1,50,10425.7%
  4. 4JYOTIN SORENCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM22,3593.8%
  5. 5RAMSHIL MURMUIndependent · IND5,7481.0%
  6. 6MANJU SNEHLATA HEMBROMBJC · BJC3,0940.5%
  7. 7MAHESH MALTOIndependent · IND2,6480.5%
  8. 8CHANDRA SHEKHAR AZADIndependent · IND1,1230.2%
  9. 9BETKA MARANDIIndependent · IND7230.1%
  10. 10BAJIRAM MARANDIIndependent · IND4860.1%
  11. 11SANJAY KUMAR SORENIndependent · IND4630.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–INC swing
+28.6%
BJP share
16.7% → 34.0%
INC share
45.2% → 34.0%
Turnout
58.8% → 61.5%
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