Constituency
97. Sasaram
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-SASARAM
BJP 42.1%won by 13.2%RJD 28.9%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.2% to 13.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 28.9% — it did not contest here in 1996.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.0% between them, down from 87.2% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 7.3% to 58.7%.
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Electorate
11,44,160
Turnout
58.7%
Valid votes
6,71,960
Margin
88,728
13.20%
Candidates
7 contested · winner BJP- 1MUNI LALLBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,82,86542.1%
- 2RAM KESHI PRASADRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD1,94,13728.9%
- 3CHHEDI PASWANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,41,32221.0%
- 4RAMA SHANKER PASWANJanata Dal · JD23,7013.5%
- 5RAVI SHANKAR RAMCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL21,3073.2%
- 6SATYENDRA RAMIndependent · IND6,5091.0%
- 7BANSHIDHAR PASWANIndependent · IND2,1190.3%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–RJD swing
- −35.0%
- BJP share
- 48.2% → 42.1%
- RJD share
- 0.0% → 28.9%
- Turnout
- 51.4% → 58.7%