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Bihar Vidhan Sabha 1998

Results board · 10 constituencies

HouseVidhan Sabha
StateBihar
Seats
10
Constituencies
Majority
6
Seats needed of 10
Electors
18.48L
On the roll
Votes polled
9.40L
50.8% of electors
Median turnout
52.4%
Median of 10 seats
RJD short
−1
Below majority · 5 − 6

[01]Seat matrix

10 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 10 seats: RJD 5, SAP 2, INC 1, JD 1, CPI(M) 1. Majority line at 6 seats. Hemicycle of 10 seats: RJD 5, SAP 2, INC 1, JD 1, CPI(M) 1. Majority line at 6 seats.
Majority · 6 of 10RJD 5 · 1 short of majority
RJD 550.0% Rashtriya Janata Dal
SAP 220.0% Samata Party
INC 110.0% Indian National Congress
JD 110.0% Janata Dal
CPI(M) 110.0% Communist Party of India (Marxist)

[02]Vote share

Not in the source

The source carries no state-level vote share for Bihar 1998.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Bodhgaya was decided by 1,414 votes, the closest of 10 seats; Sheikhpura had the widest margin, 62,009.

    min / max of margin over 10 seats with a recorded margin

  2. Turnout ran from 33.9% in Bodhgaya to 58.8% in Adapur; the median seat polled 52.4%.

    min / median / max over 10 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

10 of 10 seats carry a turnout
025507510052.4%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 440.0% of seats
50–60 660.0% of seats
60–70 00.0% of seats
70–80 00.0% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestBodhgaya33.9%
  • HighestAdapur58.8%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

10 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Bihar Vidhan Sabha 1998, all 10 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
13 Adapur Shyam Bihari Prasad Rashtriya Janata Dal 1,07,137 12,383 11.6 58.8
20 Govindganj Bhupendra Nath Dubey Samata Party 90,043 30,844 34.3 47.5
66 Sheohar Thakur Ratnakar Rashtriya Janata Dal 99,658 16,566 16.6 52.8
72 Pupri Nawal Kishor Rai Janata Dal 99,099 25,518 25.8 49.1
139 Purnea Madhvi Sarkar Communist Party of India (Marxist) 90,889 28,267 31.1 44.8
179 Tarapur Parvati Devi Samata Party 95,197 2,012 2.1 56.6
191 SheikhpuraWIDEST Sanjay Kumar Indian National Congress 1,07,649 62,009 57.6 58.3
247 Belaganj Mahesh Singh Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 91,666 22,572 24.6 52.1
253 BodhgayaSCCLOSEST G.S. Ramchandra Das Rashtriya Janata Dal 52,451 1,414 2.7 33.9
262 Kodarma Annapurna Devi Rashtriya Janata Dal 1,05,845 21,086 19.9 53.3
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 62,009 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1998 · Bihar · 10 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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