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Bihar Vidhan Sabha 1996

Results board · 20 constituencies

HouseVidhan Sabha
StateBihar
Seats
20
Constituencies
Majority
11
Seats needed of 20
Electors
24.91L
Summed over 14 of 20 seats
Votes polled
13.77L
Summed over 14 of 20 seats
Median turnout
54.1%
Median of 20 seats
JD short
−2
Below majority · 9 − 11

[01]Seat matrix

20 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 20 seats: JD 9, BJP 4, SAP 3, SP 2, IND 2. Majority line at 11 seats. Hemicycle of 20 seats: JD 9, BJP 4, SAP 3, SP 2, IND 2. Majority line at 11 seats.
Majority · 11 of 20JD 9 · 2 short of majority
JD 945.0% Janata Dal
BJP 420.0% Bharatiya Janata Party
SAP 315.0% Samata Party
SP 210.0% Samajwadi Party
IND 210.0% Independents

[02]Vote share

Not in the source

The source carries no state-level vote share for Bihar 1996.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Dinapur was decided by 588 votes, the closest of 14 seats; Katoria had the widest margin, 31,878.

    min / max of margin over 14 seats with a recorded margin

  2. 1 seat was won by a margin under 1%; BJP won 1 of them.

    count(margin % < 1.0) = 1 of 14 · BJP 1

  3. Turnout ran from 37.6% in Dinapur to 68.9% in Harnaut; the median seat polled 54.1%.

    min / median / max over 20 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

20 of 20 seats carry a turnout
025507510054.1%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 630.0% of seats
50–60 945.0% of seats
60–70 525.0% of seats
70–80 00.0% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestDinapur37.6%
  • HighestHarnaut68.9%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

20 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Bihar Vidhan Sabha 1996, all 20 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
26 Baikunthpur Deodat Prasad Janata Dal 1,14,787 16,547 14.4 59.7
32 Ziradei Sheo Shanker Yadav Janata Dal 84,645 2,403 2.8 53.2
37 Masgrakh Tarkeshwer Singh Independent 82,656 22,112 26.8 52.0
65 Belsand Vrishin Patel Samata Party 91,923 1,783 1.9 57.9
94 WarisnagarSC Bhikhar Baitha Janata Dal 87,552 1,753 2.0 53.8
132 Jokihat Sarfaraz Janata Dal 1,08,239 12,630 11.7 63.5
176 KatoriaWIDEST Bhola Prasad Yadav Janata Dal 88,155 31,878 36.2 48.2
186 DanapurGENERAL Vijay Singh Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party not recorded not recorded not recorded 38.5
200 Harnaut Arun Kumar Singh Samata Party 1,13,063 31,214 27.6 68.9
209 DinapurCLOSEST Vijay Singh Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party 74,600 588 0.8 37.6
213 Paliganj Janardan Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 1,15,704 3,129 2.7 54.5
223 Piro Sivanand Tiwari Samata Party 1,02,531 6,666 6.5 61.4
236 Nabinagar Lovely Anand Samajwadi Party 1,15,983 7,343 6.3 62.9
254 BarachattiSC Jeetan Ram Manjhee Janata Dal 81,343 13,629 16.8 47.7
306 Ranchi Chandreshwar Prasad Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 1,15,394 6,851 5.9 55.2
325 BarachattyGENERAL Jeetan Ram Manjhee Janata Dal not recorded not recorded not recorded 48.9
326 Nabi NagarGENERAL Lovely Anand Samajwadi Party not recorded not recorded not recorded 64.4
327 KatoriyaGENERAL Bhola Prasad Yadav Janata Dal not recorded not recorded not recorded 48.9
328 Waris NagarGENERAL Bhikhar Baitha Janata Dal not recorded not recorded not recorded 55.1
329 MashrakhGENERAL Tarkeshwer Singh Independent not recorded not recorded not recorded 53.0
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 31,878 votes“not recorded”: the source carries no figure for that seat

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1996 · Bihar · 20 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesThe source has no state-level summary for this election

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