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Constituency

98. Nawada

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009

IN-NAWADA

BJP 22.5%won by 6.0%LJP 16.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 6.0%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 43.0% to 22.5% of the vote here (−20.5%).
  • New challengerLoktantrik Janshakti Party (LJP) finished second with 16.5% — it did not contest here in 2004.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 38.9% between them, down from 91.5% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 25.5% to 41.6%.

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

Electorate
13,97,512
Turnout
41.6%
Valid votes
5,81,583
Margin
34,917
6.00%

Since 2004

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
RJD
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJPLJP swing
−37.0%
BJP share
43.0% 22.5%
LJP share
0.0% 16.5%
Turnout
67.1% 41.6%