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98. Bikramganj

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-BIKRAMGANJ

SAP 40.4%won by 1.1%RJD 39.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Samajwadi Andolan Party (SAP), which now leads by 1.1%.

  • New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 39.3% — it did not contest here in 1996.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 7.5% to 65.7%.

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

Electorate
11,37,002
Turnout
65.7%
Valid votes
7,47,006
Margin
7,851
1.05%

Candidates

12 contested · winner SAP
  1. 1BASHIST NARAYAN SINGHSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP3,01,78940.4%
  2. 2KANTI SINGHRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD2,93,93839.3%
  3. 3ARUN SINGHCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL80,22110.7%
  4. 4JITENDRA PRASAD SINGHJanata Dal · JD48,0086.4%
  5. 5RAM AWADHESH SINGHSamajwadi Party · SP8,6021.2%
  6. 6LAKSHMAN CHOUDHARYSanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD4,4400.6%
  7. 7SHIV PUJAN SINGHSWJP · SWJP3,1490.4%
  8. 8NAVIN CHAND SAHPSSS · PSSS2,4510.3%
  9. 9ASFAK AHMADIndependent · IND2,0960.3%
  10. 10KEDAR PANDEYAkhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha · ABHM1,2010.2%
  11. 11AMIKA CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND8260.1%
  12. 12BHARAT SINGHIndependent · IND2850.0%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
SAPflipped
SAP–RJD swing
−40.9%
SAP share
42.0% → 40.4%
RJD share
0.0% → 39.3%
Turnout
58.2% → 65.7%
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