Constituency
89. Bhagalpur
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-BHAGALPUR
BJP 44.6%won by 11.7%RJD 32.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 11.7%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 33.6% to 44.6% of the vote here (+11.0%).
- New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 32.9% — it did not contest here in 1996.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 11.0% to 63.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
12,32,585
Turnout
63.6%
Valid votes
7,83,516
Margin
91,847
11.72%
Candidates
7 contested · winner BJP- 1PRABHAS CHANDRA TIWARIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,49,46344.6%
- 2CHUN CHUN PRASAD YADAVRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD2,57,61632.9%
- 3AMBIKA PRASADCommunist Party of India · CPI1,18,41515.1%
- 4RATAN KUMAR MANDALBJC · BJC46,9436.0%
- 5CHANDRAHAS YADAVIndependent · IND4,3190.6%
- 6AJEET KUMAR YADAVAJBP · AJBP4,0200.5%
- 7PARMESHWAR MANDALIndependent · IND2,7400.3%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- JD
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–RJD swing
- −21.9%
- BJP share
- 33.6% → 44.6%
- RJD share
- 0.0% → 32.9%
- Turnout
- 52.5% → 63.6%