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106. Dhanbad

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-DHANBAD

BJP 50.6%won by 20.4%MCO 30.2%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.7% to 20.4%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Dal (JD) to MCO (MCO).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.8% of the vote between them, up from 64.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.6% to 61.0%.

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

Electorate
14,33,645
Turnout
61.0%
Valid votes
8,74,631
Margin
1,78,689
20.43%

Candidates

9 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1RITA VERMABharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,42,59050.6%
  2. 2A.K. ROYMCO · MCO2,63,90130.2%
  3. 3AKLU RAM MAHATORashtriya Janata Dal · RJD1,47,22216.8%
  4. 4MARIGENDRA KUMAR YADAVIndependent · IND5,7790.7%
  5. 5SURENDRA PRASAD ROYSamajwadi Party · SP5,1470.6%
  6. 6SAROJ KUMAR CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND3,1350.4%
  7. 7KULDIP CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND2,6370.3%
  8. 8MADHAV DHIVARAMB · AMB2,5730.3%
  9. 9RAM NAGINAIndependent · IND1,6470.2%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–MCO swing
+1.2%
BJP share
33.4% → 50.6%
MCO share
14.2% → 30.2%
Turnout
56.4% → 61.0%
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