Constituency
112. Lohardaga
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-LOHARDAGA
INC 45.7%won by 3.8%BJP 41.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.8%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 25.4% to 45.7% of the vote here (+20.2%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.5% of the vote between them, up from 59.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 4.2% to 54.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,38,513
Turnout
54.5%
Valid votes
5,11,693
Margin
19,397
3.79%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1INDRA NATH BHAGATIndian National Congress · INC2,33,62945.7%
- 2LALIT ORAONBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,14,23241.9%
- 3PRABHAKAR TIRKEYJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM25,0634.9%
- 4BHUBANESHWAR LOHRAJanata Dal · JD16,2083.2%
- 5K.D.JOJOJan Kalyan Party · JKP11,6412.3%
- 6VINOD KUMAR BHAGATJKPP · JKPP7,1111.4%
- 7KUJ RAM ORAONPSSS · PSSS3,8090.7%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- +12.4%
- INC share
- 25.4% → 45.7%
- BJP share
- 34.0% → 41.9%
- Turnout
- 50.3% → 54.5%