Constituency
104. Kodarma
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-KODARMA
BJP 42.1%won by 14.7%RJD 27.4%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.6% to 14.7%.
- New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 27.4% — it did not contest here in 1996.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.2% to 58.6%.
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Electorate
11,39,228
Turnout
58.6%
Valid votes
6,67,168
Margin
97,911
14.68%
Candidates
7 contested · winner BJP- 1RITLAL PRASAD VERMABharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,80,63542.1%
- 2AVID HUSSAINRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD1,82,72427.4%
- 3TILAKDHARI PD. SINGHIndian National Congress · INC1,22,47818.4%
- 4GAUTTAM SAGAR RANAJanata Dal · JD47,1167.1%
- 5MAHANDERA PRASAD SINGHCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL29,8314.5%
- 6SHAKEEL AKHTARAIMF · AIMF2,4800.4%
- 7MANOHAR PRASAD BHADANIBJC · BJC1,9040.3%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–RJD swing
- −24.8%
- BJP share
- 39.4% → 42.1%
- RJD share
- 0.0% → 27.4%
- Turnout
- 55.3% → 58.6%