Constituency
65. Maharajganj
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999
IN-MAHARAJGANJ
JDU 57.1%won by 14.9%INC 42.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Samajwadi Andolan Party (SAP) lost it to Janata Dal (United) (JDU), which now leads by 14.9%.
- JDU vote shareJDU went from 0.0% to 57.1% of the vote here (+57.1%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.4% of the vote between them, up from 77.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.4% to 71.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,81,566
Turnout
71.0%
Valid votes
6,97,300
Margin
1,04,063
14.92%
Candidates
3 contested · winner JDU- 1Prabhunath SinghJanata Dal (United) · JDU3,98,47557.1%
- 2Mahachandra Prasad SinghIndian National Congress · INC2,94,41242.2%
- 3Chandraketu SinghIndependent · IND4,4130.6%
Since 1998
Derived- Winner then
- SAP
- Winner now
- JDUflipped
- JDU–INC swing
- +38.2%
- JDU share
- 0.0% → 57.1%
- INC share
- 23.3% → 42.2%
- Turnout
- 67.6% → 71.0%