Constituency
71. Sheohar
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 2004
IN-SHEOHAR
RJD 45.5%won by 11.1%BJP 34.4%
What changed here
DerivedRashtriya Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.4% to 11.1%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 34.4% — it did not contest here in 1999.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.9% between them, down from 96.7% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 11.2% to 54.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
12,14,428
Turnout
54.9%
Valid votes
6,66,398
Margin
73,883
11.09%
Candidates
9 contested · winner RJD- 1SITARAM SINGHRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD3,03,24345.5%
- 2MOHAMMAD ANWARUL HAQBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,29,36034.4%
- 3ANAND MOHAN SINGHBPSP · BPSP86,41813.0%
- 4RAM EKBAL RAIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP27,4814.1%
- 5RAM SWARTH SAHIndependent · IND5,3430.8%
- 6SUNIL SINGHIndependent · IND5,1070.8%
- 7RAJENDRA SINGH VISMILSamajwadi Party · SP3,8120.6%
- 8AJAY KUMAR PANDEYIndependent · IND2,8780.4%
- 9SITARAM SINGHIndependent · IND2,7560.4%
Since 1999
Derived- Winner then
- RJD
- Winner now
- RJD
- RJD–BJP swing
- −37.4%
- RJD share
- 48.5% → 45.5%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 34.4%
- Turnout
- 66.1% → 54.9%