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108. Ranchi

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-RANCHI

BJP 58.1%won by 21.0%INC 37.2%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.6% to 21.0%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.3% of the vote between them, up from 65.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 7.3% to 60.5%.

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

Electorate
11,31,596
Turnout
60.5%
Valid votes
6,84,795
Margin
1,43,580
20.97%

Candidates

12 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1RAMTAHAL CHOUDHARYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,98,02258.1%
  2. 2KESHAV MAHTO KAMLESHIndian National Congress · INC2,54,44237.2%
  3. 3NAPENDRA KRISHNA MAHTOFBL · FBL9,0381.3%
  4. 4SHUBHENDU SENCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL5,0500.7%
  5. 5BAHADUR SINGHJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM4,6060.7%
  6. 6RISHIKESH MAHTOBJC · BJC4,0560.6%
  7. 7VISHWAMBHAR JHALok Shakti · LS3,3040.5%
  8. 8SADHU LAL MUNDAPSSS · PSSS3,2770.5%
  9. 9SADANAND JHAIndependent · IND1,0970.2%
  10. 10ARUN TIWARIIndependent · IND7700.1%
  11. 11KUSESHBAR PD. YADAVBKKGP · BKKGP6710.1%
  12. 12RAVENDRA KUMARIndependent · IND4620.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
+14.4%
BJP share
35.9% → 58.1%
INC share
29.4% → 37.2%
Turnout
53.2% → 60.5%
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