Election
Constituency

81. Araria

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 2004

IN-ARARIA

BJP 33.2%won by 4.3%SP 29.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 4.3%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 48.0% to 33.2% of the vote here (−14.8%).
  • New challengerSamajwadi Party (SP) finished second with 29.0% — it did not contest here in 1999.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.2% between them, down from 96.3% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 6.2% to 55.1%.

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

Electorate
11,84,962
Turnout
55.1%
Valid votes
6,52,439
Margin
27,744
4.25%

Candidates

13 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1SUKDEO PASWANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,16,67733.2%
  2. 2RAMJI DAS RISHIDEOSamajwadi Party · SP1,88,93329.0%
  3. 3RAM SEWAK HAZARILJNSP · LJNSP1,73,50226.6%
  4. 4NARAYAN KUMAR RAMBahujan Samaj Party · BSP17,3162.7%
  5. 5SATYA NARAYAN WRITERIndependent · IND11,9461.8%
  6. 6NAND LAL PASWANIndependent · IND8,0331.2%
  7. 7ARUN KUMAR RAJAKIJP · IJP7,9051.2%
  8. 8DAYA CHAND KATARIAIndependent · IND6,2601.0%
  9. 9PUSHPA NAND RISHIDEOIndependent · IND6,0940.9%
  10. 10RAJDHAR PASWANShiv Sena · SHS4,8070.7%
  11. 11LALU PASWANIndependent · IND4,6610.7%
  12. 12OM PRAKASH PASWANApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD3,3670.5%
  13. 13JAGDEO RAMSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP2,9380.5%

Since 1999

Derived
Winner then
RJD
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–SP swing
−43.7%
BJP share
48.0% → 33.2%
SP share
0.0% → 29.0%
Turnout
61.2% → 55.1%
80. Madhepura82. Kishanganj
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