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87. Godda

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-GODDA

BJP 47.1%won by 10.7%JMM 36.5%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.0% to 10.7%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Dal (JD) to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.6% of the vote between them, up from 62.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 7.9% to 65.2%.

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

Electorate
10,86,643
Turnout
65.2%
Valid votes
7,08,694
Margin
75,680
10.68%

Candidates

6 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1JAGDAMBI PRASAD YADAVBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,34,01547.1%
  2. 2SURAJ MANDALJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM2,58,33536.5%
  3. 3ABUTALIB ANSARIJanata Dal · JD79,39011.2%
  4. 4ENAMUL HAQUEIndependent · IND26,2433.7%
  5. 5FAIYAZSamajwadi Party · SP8,4601.2%
  6. 6SANJAY KUMAR SIDHARTHAAJBP · AJBP2,2510.3%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–JMM swing
−5.3%
BJP share
35.9% → 47.1%
JMM share
19.9% → 36.5%
Turnout
57.3% → 65.2%
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