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92. Begusarai

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-BEGUSARAI

INC 50.1%won by 3.1%JDU 47.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 7.7% to 3.1%.

  • New challengerJanata Dal (United) (JDU) finished second with 47.0% — it did not contest here in 1998.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.1% of the vote between them, up from 78.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.1% to 57.2%.

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

Electorate
11,10,888
Turnout
57.2%
Valid votes
6,35,267
Margin
19,950
3.14%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1Rajo SinghIndian National Congress · INC3,18,24450.1%
  2. 2Shyam Sundar SinghJanata Dal (United) · JDU2,98,29447.0%
  3. 3Shivsagar SinghCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL9,3171.5%
  4. 4Navin KumarBJCR · BJCR6,1921.0%
  5. 5Chandra Bhushan YadavJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS3,2200.5%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JDU swing
−39.9%
INC share
43.0% → 50.1%
JDU share
0.0% → 47.0%
Turnout
62.3% → 57.2%
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