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105. Giridih

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-GIRIDIH

BJP 45.5%won by 11.0%INC 34.5%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.3% to 11.0%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Dal (JD) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.0% of the vote between them, up from 57.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.4% to 56.3%.

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

Electorate
11,15,417
Turnout
56.3%
Valid votes
6,27,484
Margin
68,791
10.96%

Candidates

5 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1RABINDRA KUMAR PANDEYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,85,52345.5%
  2. 2RAJENDRA PRASAD SINGHIndian National Congress · INC2,16,73234.5%
  3. 3RAJ KISHORE MAHTOJMMM · JMMM76,12412.1%
  4. 4LAL CHAND MAHTOJanata Dal · JD47,2357.5%
  5. 5KAILAS CHANDRA MAHTOIndependent · IND1,8700.3%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
−11.6%
BJP share
36.5% → 45.5%
INC share
14.0% → 34.5%
Turnout
53.9% → 56.3%
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