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88. Banka

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-BANKA

SAP 47.1%won by 1.6%RJD 45.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Samajwadi Andolan Party (SAP), which now leads by 1.6%.

  • SAP vote shareSAP went from 41.5% to 47.1% of the vote here (+5.6%).
  • New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 45.5% — it did not contest here in 1996.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.6% of the vote between them, up from 85.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 6.6% to 66.3%.

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

Electorate
10,61,020
Turnout
66.3%
Valid votes
7,03,951
Margin
11,291
1.60%

Candidates

6 contested · winner SAP
  1. 1DIGVIJAY SINGHSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP3,31,66047.1%
  2. 2GIRIDHARI YADAVRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD3,20,36945.5%
  3. 3CHANDRA SHEKHAR YADAVJanata Dal · JD27,1173.9%
  4. 4SHANKAR PASWANABMSD · ABMSD17,3682.5%
  5. 5MANOJ KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND5,0480.7%
  6. 6SANTOSH KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND2,3890.3%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
SAPflipped
SAP–RJD swing
−39.9%
SAP share
41.5% → 47.1%
RJD share
0.0% → 45.5%
Turnout
59.8% → 66.3%
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