Election
Constituency

69. Muzaffarpur

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-MUZAFFARPUR

JDU 50.6%won by 8.4%RJD 42.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) lost it to Janata Dal (United) (JDU), which now leads by 8.4%.

  • JDU vote shareJDU went from 0.0% to 50.6% of the vote here (+50.6%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.7% of the vote between them, up from 83.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.8% to 67.4%.

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

Electorate
10,67,836
Turnout
67.4%
Valid votes
7,19,527
Margin
60,720
8.44%

Candidates

15 contested · winner JDU
  1. 1Captain Jai Na. Pd. NishadJanata Dal (United) · JDU3,63,82050.6%
  2. 2Mahendra SahniRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD3,03,10042.1%
  3. 3Vijay ShukalIndependent · IND34,6134.8%
  4. 4Surendra RamIndependent · IND4,0010.6%
  5. 5Mahmad IdrisIndependent · IND2,5360.4%
  6. 6Govardhan DhavanBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,4680.3%
  7. 7Mahendra RaiIndependent · IND2,4000.3%
  8. 8Jaglal ChoudharyIndependent · IND1,9490.3%
  9. 9Azrul HachIndependent · IND1,1210.2%
  10. 10Mukhya Lal PaswanIndependent · IND7750.1%
  11. 11Baliram Prasad ShahiIndependent · IND7470.1%
  12. 12Raj Kishore ChoudharyIndependent · IND6960.1%
  13. 13Shankar SharanIndependent · IND6380.1%
  14. 14Mahanth Prashuram DasIndependent · IND3690.1%
  15. 15Suresh PasbanIndependent · IND2940.0%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
RJD
Winner now
JDUflipped
JDU–RJD swing
+51.4%
JDU share
0.0% → 50.6%
RJD share
43.0% → 42.1%
Turnout
70.2% → 67.4%
68. Vaishali70. Sitamarhi
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