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109. Jamshedpur

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-JAMSHEDPUR

BJP 41.5%won by 13.6%IND 27.9%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.3% to 13.6%.

  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 27.9% — it polled just 0.4% in 1996.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 69.4% of the vote between them, up from 58.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.2% to 61.6%.

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

Electorate
11,60,562
Turnout
61.6%
Valid votes
7,14,864
Margin
97,433
13.63%

Candidates

11 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1ABHA MAHATOBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,96,68641.5%
  2. 2RUSSI MODIIndependent · IND1,99,25327.9%
  3. 3TIKA RAM MAJHICommunist Party of India · CPI95,93913.4%
  4. 4SUDHIR MAHATOIndependent · IND70,0059.8%
  5. 5ONKARNATH JAISWALRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD40,6645.7%
  6. 6DINANATH PANDEYShiv Sena · SHS3,4050.5%
  7. 7SANDIP KUMAR BAHETIIndependent · IND2,5560.4%
  8. 8MIRITI SUNDER MAHATOIndependent · IND2,4650.3%
  9. 9SUBASH KALINDIIndependent · IND1,4780.2%
  10. 10ANAY CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND1,3040.2%
  11. 11RAYLEN JAJOWARIndependent · IND1,1090.2%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–IND swing
−19.3%
BJP share
33.4% → 41.5%
IND share
0.4% → 27.9%
Turnout
58.4% → 61.6%
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