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93. Nalanda

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-NALANDA

SAP 50.3%won by 13.1%RJD 37.2%

What changed here

Derived

Samajwadi Andolan Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.0% to 13.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 37.2% — it did not contest here in 1996.

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

Electorate
11,78,070
Turnout
75.1%
Valid votes
8,84,719
Margin
1,15,670
13.07%

Candidates

11 contested · winner SAP
  1. 1GEORGE FERNANDESSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP4,44,78450.3%
  2. 2RAM SWAROOP PRASADRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD3,29,11437.2%
  3. 3SURENDRA RAMCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL51,2915.8%
  4. 4VIJAY KUMAR YADAVCommunist Party of India · CPI49,5395.6%
  5. 5ARJUN PANDEYICS · ICS2,3560.3%
  6. 6VINOD PASWANIndependent · IND2,1340.2%
  7. 7SHIVSHANKAR PRASADShiv Sena · SHS1,7410.2%
  8. 8ARUN KUMAR MEHTAIndependent · IND1,5600.2%
  9. 9NARESH DASIndependent · IND1,1400.1%
  10. 10SUDHIR KUMARIndependent · IND6310.1%
  11. 11RAM PYARE TIWARIIndependent · IND4290.0%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
SAP
Winner now
SAP
SAP–RJD swing
−42.0%
SAP share
55.1% → 50.3%
RJD share
0.0% → 37.2%
Turnout
75.3% → 75.1%
92. Begusarai94. Patna
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