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94. Patna

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-PATNA

BJP 51.5%won by 8.2%RJD 43.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 8.2%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 45.1% to 51.5% of the vote here (+6.5%).
  • New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 43.4% — it did not contest here in 1996.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 9.4% to 44.0%.

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

Electorate
14,64,430
Turnout
44.0%
Valid votes
6,43,803
Margin
52,606
8.17%

Candidates

18 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1C.P.THAKURBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,31,86051.5%
  2. 2RAM KRIPAL YADAVRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD2,79,25443.4%
  3. 3SAROJ CHAUBEYCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL14,5422.3%
  4. 4MUFTI MD. THAKURJanata Dal · JD4,4220.7%
  5. 5ARVIND KUMAR YADAVIndependent · IND2,4190.4%
  6. 6SHANKAR SHARANLok Shakti · LS1,6420.3%
  7. 7MANOJ KUMARIndependent · IND1,3970.2%
  8. 8AJIT KUMARSamajwadi Party · SP1,3430.2%
  9. 9BADRI NARAIN SINGHIndependent · IND1,1520.2%
  10. 10JAI SHANKAR PRASAD JHAShiv Sena · SHS9610.1%
  11. 11MOHAMMAD PARWEJAIICS · AIICS8650.1%
  12. 12VAKIL THAKURIndependent · IND8210.1%
  13. 13DEEPAK NA LALLIndependent · IND8020.1%
  14. 14KAILASH MAHTOPSSS · PSSS7510.1%
  15. 15CHANDRAKANT SHARMAIndependent · IND4380.1%
  16. 16RAJANDAR PRASADIndependent · IND4060.1%
  17. 17SUKHENDU BHUSAN SARKARIndependent · IND3700.1%
  18. 18SURENDRA SINGHIndependent · IND3580.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–RJD swing
−36.9%
BJP share
45.1% → 51.5%
RJD share
0.0% → 43.4%
Turnout
53.3% → 44.0%
93. Nalanda95. Arrah
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