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79. Saharsa

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-SAHARSA

JDU 54.5%won by 13.1%RJD 41.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) lost it to Janata Dal (United) (JDU), which now leads by 13.1%.

  • JDU vote shareJDU went from 0.0% to 54.5% of the vote here (+54.5%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.8% of the vote between them, up from 64.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
11,42,103
Turnout
63.2%
Valid votes
7,21,597
Margin
94,493
13.09%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
RJD
Winner now
JDUflipped
JDURJD swing
+48.9%
JDU share
0.0% 54.5%
RJD share
35.8% 41.4%
Turnout
63.7% 63.2%