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Constituency

94. Patna

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-PATNA

BJP 47.3%won by 5.8%RJD 41.5%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.2% to 5.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.7% between them, down from 94.9% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 10.6% to 54.5%.

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

Electorate
14,70,372
Turnout
54.5%
Valid votes
8,02,107
Margin
46,892
5.85%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPRJD swing
−2.3%
BJP share
51.5% 47.3%
RJD share
43.4% 41.5%
Turnout
44.0% 54.5%