Constituency
85. Rajmahal
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999
IN-RAJMAHAL
INC 44.7%won by 11.1%BJP 33.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 11.1%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 34.0% to 44.7% of the vote here (+10.7%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.3% of the vote between them, up from 68.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.5% to 58.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,50,593
Turnout
58.9%
Valid votes
5,60,248
Margin
62,099
11.08%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1Thomas HansdaIndian National Congress · INC2,50,29844.7%
- 2Som MarandiBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,88,19933.6%
- 3Simon MarandiJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM1,14,60820.5%
- 4Mahesh MaltoIndependent · IND2,8490.5%
- 5Kistu MurmuIndependent · IND2,6200.5%
- 6Wakil HenbramIndependent · IND9840.2%
- 7Sobu MarandiIndependent · IND6900.1%
Since 1998
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- +11.1%
- INC share
- 34.0% → 44.7%
- BJP share
- 34.0% → 33.6%
- Turnout
- 61.5% → 58.9%