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Constituency

86. Dumka

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-DUMKA

BJP 36.9%won by 0.9%JMM 36.0%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 2.1% to 0.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.9% between them, down from 91.9% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 4.6% to 57.3%.

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

Electorate
9,51,280
Turnout
57.3%
Valid votes
5,45,500
Margin
4,648
0.85%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPJMM swing
−1.3%
BJP share
47.0% 36.9%
JMM share
44.9% 36.0%
Turnout
62.0% 57.3%