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71. Sheohar

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-SHEOHAR

RJD 48.5%won by 0.4%BPSP 48.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: AIRJP (AIRJP) lost it to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which now leads by 0.4%.

  • RJD vote shareRJD went from 0.0% to 48.5% of the vote here (+48.5%).
  • New challengerBPSP (BPSP) finished second with 48.2% — it did not contest here in 1998.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.7% of the vote between them, up from 69.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
10,83,123
Turnout
66.1%
Valid votes
7,15,936
Margin
2,535
0.35%

Candidates

8 contested · winner RJD
  1. 1Md Anwarul HaqueRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD3,47,27948.5%
  2. 2Anand MohanBPSP · BPSP3,44,74448.2%
  3. 3Varan RamIndependent · IND9,2061.3%
  4. 4Sulabh Kumar SinghAJBP · AJBP7,0861.0%
  5. 5Ram Kailash SinghSJPR · SJPR2,9040.4%
  6. 6Mohan SahIndependent · IND2,0390.3%
  7. 7Karimudin Haidar KhanIndependent · IND1,6900.2%
  8. 8Vimal Kumar SinghIndependent · IND9880.1%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
AIRJP
Winner now
RJDflipped
RJD–BPSP swing
+0.4%
RJD share
0.0% → 48.5%
BPSP share
0.0% → 48.2%
Turnout
64.7% → 66.1%
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