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95. Arrah

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-ARRAH

SAP 39.4%won by 8.0%RJD 31.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Samajwadi Andolan Party (SAP), which now leads by 8.0%.

  • SAP vote shareSAP went from 23.7% to 39.4% of the vote here (+15.7%).
  • New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 31.4% — it did not contest here in 1996.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 70.8% of the vote between them, up from 53.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 7.2% to 65.0%.

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

Electorate
11,17,509
Turnout
65.0%
Valid votes
7,26,373
Margin
58,164
8.01%

Candidates

16 contested · winner SAP
  1. 1H.P.SINGHSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP2,86,28639.4%
  2. 2CHANDRA DEO PRASAD VERMARashtriya Janata Dal · RJD2,28,12231.4%
  3. 3KRISHNA DEO YADAVCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL1,63,94522.6%
  4. 4RAM LAKHAN SINGH YADAVBJC · BJC24,8863.4%
  5. 5SIDDHNATH RAYIndian National Congress · INC5,7440.8%
  6. 6PUNAM SINGHJanata Dal · JD4,6600.6%
  7. 7PRITHWI NARAYANIndependent · IND2,5060.3%
  8. 8SANJAY KUMAR SINHAIndependent · IND2,3160.3%
  9. 9RAM CHANDRA SINGHIndependent · IND2,0190.3%
  10. 10RAM SRUP SINGHShiv Sena · SHS1,5340.2%
  11. 11DHARANI DHAR SINGHIndependent · IND9690.1%
  12. 12RAMA SHANKAR PANDEYIndependent · IND9690.1%
  13. 13BIKRAMA SINGHIndependent · IND8570.1%
  14. 14RAM BALAK RAYIndependent · IND6380.1%
  15. 15SHRIDHAR UPADHAYAYAkhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha · ABHM6170.1%
  16. 16UMESH SINGHIndependent · IND3050.0%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
SAPflipped
SAP–RJD swing
−15.7%
SAP share
23.7% → 39.4%
RJD share
0.0% → 31.4%
Turnout
57.8% → 65.0%
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