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109. Jamshedpur

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-JAMSHEDPUR

BJP 45.4%won by 19.3%INC 26.1%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.6% to 19.3%.

  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 26.1% — it did not contest here in 1998.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 7.5% to 54.1%.

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

Electorate
11,60,562
Turnout
54.1%
Valid votes
6,28,228
Margin
1,21,488
19.34%

Candidates

10 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1Abha MahatoBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,85,23245.4%
  2. 2Ghanashyam MahatoIndian National Congress · INC1,63,74426.1%
  3. 3Sunil Kumar MahatoJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM80,41712.8%
  4. 4Dulal MunshiCommunist Party of India · CPI56,3549.0%
  5. 5Sudhir MahatoJMMU · JMMU36,0655.7%
  6. 6Sitaram TuduIndependent · IND2,4300.4%
  7. 7Hemant SinghAMB · AMB1,2050.2%
  8. 8Krishnamurari GuptaNationalist Congress Party · NCP1,1720.2%
  9. 9Chhabinath SharmaIndependent · IND8880.1%
  10. 10Raylen JajowarIndependent · IND7210.1%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
−22.2%
BJP share
41.5% → 45.4%
INC share
0.0% → 26.1%
Turnout
61.6% → 54.1%
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