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84. Katihar

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-KATIHAR

BJP 43.9%won by 21.4%NCP 22.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 21.4%.

  • New challengerNationalist Congress Party (NCP) finished second with 22.5% — it did not contest here in 1998.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.4% between them, down from 92.8% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 6.3% to 61.5%.

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

Electorate
10,39,500
Turnout
61.5%
Valid votes
6,39,558
Margin
1,36,852
21.40%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJPNCP swing
−23.6%
BJP share
45.0% 43.9%
NCP share
0.0% 22.5%
Turnout
67.9% 61.5%