Constituency
110. Singhbhum
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-SINGHBHUM
INC 36.4%won by 2.1%BJP 34.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 2.1%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 12.3% to 36.4% of the vote here (+24.2%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 70.8% of the vote between them, up from 39.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 5.3% to 60.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
8,46,008
Turnout
60.4%
Valid votes
5,11,041
Margin
10,830
2.12%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1VIJAY SINGH SOYIndian National Congress · INC1,86,24836.4%
- 2CHITRASEN SINKUBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,75,41834.3%
- 3MANGAL SINGH BOBONGAJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM1,24,65524.4%
- 4KRISHNA MARDIJMMM · JMMM24,7204.8%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- +10.7%
- INC share
- 12.3% → 36.4%
- BJP share
- 20.9% → 34.3%
- Turnout
- 55.1% → 60.4%