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102. Gaya

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-GAYA

BJP 43.5%won by 5.4%RJD 38.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 5.4%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 37.2% to 43.5% of the vote here (+6.3%).
  • New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 38.1% — it did not contest here in 1996.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 6.9% to 66.1%.

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

Electorate
10,55,017
Turnout
66.1%
Valid votes
6,97,093
Margin
37,446
5.37%

Candidates

7 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1KRISHNA KUMAR CHAUDHARYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,03,22543.5%
  2. 2BHAGWATI DEVIRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD2,65,77938.1%
  3. 3RAJESH KUMARJanata Dal · JD1,15,14116.5%
  4. 4JANKI PASWANCommunist Party of India · CPI7,7071.1%
  5. 5RAVINDRA RAMAJBP · AJBP2,1860.3%
  6. 6RAM PATI RAMIndependent · IND1,5710.2%
  7. 7RAM PRASADIndependent · IND1,4840.2%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–RJD swing
−31.8%
BJP share
37.2% → 43.5%
RJD share
0.0% → 38.1%
Turnout
59.2% → 66.1%
101. Nawada103. Chatra
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