Lok Sabha General Election 1996
Bihar
54 parliamentary constituencies — party tallies, map, and winners.
Party Wise Results
Bihar — seats, contested & votes| Party | Seats won | Contested | Vote share | Total votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD · Janata Dal | 22 | 44 | 31.88% | 10,911,044 |
| BJP · Bharatiya Janata Party | 18 | 32 | 20.54% | 7,029,890 |
| SAP · Samata Party | 6 | 20 | 14.46% | 4,946,601 |
| CPI · Communist Party of India | 3 | 7 | 5.08% | 1,738,016 |
| INC · Indian National Congress | 2 | 54 | 12.99% | 4,446,053 |
| IND · Independent | 1 | 54 | 5.36% | 1,834,325 |
| JMM · Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 1 | 18 | 2.63% | 898,505 |
| SP · Samajwadi Party | 1 | 3 | 1.34% | 459,918 |
| CPI(ML)(L) · Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) | 0 | 21 | 2.11% | 721,619 |
| JMM(M) · Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Mardi) | 0 | 6 | 0.86% | 294,997 |
| CPM · Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 0 | 3 | 0.84% | 288,892 |
| BSP · Bahujan Samaj Party | 0 | 33 | 0.63% | 216,100 |
| MCO · Marxist Co-Ordination | 0 | 1 | 0.33% | 114,406 |
| AIIC(T) · All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) | 0 | 39 | 0.32% | 111,003 |
| JKP · Jharkhand Party | 0 | 6 | 0.22% | 74,247 |
| JKPP · Jharkhand People’s Party | 0 | 5 | 0.17% | 58,132 |
| Total | 54 | — | 100% | 34,220,683 |
Party Wise Results
Seats won (Doughnut)Bihar Constituency Map
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Party Wise Vote Share
Votes polled in Bihar (Pie)Constituencies
Winner · vote share · margin| Constituency | Winner | Vote share | Margin over runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Bagaha
#1
|
Mahendra Baitha
Male
SAP
|
44.10% | 56,072 |
|
Bettiah
#2
|
Madan Prasad Jaiswal
Male
BJP
|
50.57% | 51,489 |
|
Motihari
#3
|
Radha Mohan Singh
Male
BJP
|
57.00% | 127,809 |
|
Gopalganj
#4
|
Lal Babu Pd. Yadav
Male
JD
|
44.14% | 119,496 |
|
Siwan
#5
|
M. Sahabuddin
Male
JD
|
52.56% | 165,243 |
|
Maharajganj
#6
|
Ram Bahadur Singh
Male
SAP
|
54.34% | 152,854 |
|
Chapra
#7
|
Rajiv Pratap Rudi
Male
BJP
|
47.80% | 15,496 |
|
Hajipur
#8
|
Ram Bilash Paswan
Male
JD
|
51.59% | 46,231 |
|
Vaishali
#9
|
Raghybansh Prasad Singh
Male
JD
|
50.33% | 62,683 |
|
Muzaffarpur
#10
|
Jai Narain Pd. Nishad
Male
JD
|
50.00% | 80,074 |
|
Sitamarhi
#11
|
Nawal Kishore Rai
Male
JD
|
43.82% | 82,257 |
|
Sheohar
#12
|
Anand Mohan
Male
SAP
|
49.37% | 40,637 |
|
Madhubani
#13
|
Chaturanan Mishra
Male
CPI
|
47.10% | 53,980 |
|
Jhanjharpur
#14
|
Devendra Prasad Yadav
Male
JD
|
53.96% | 78,149 |
|
Darbhanga
#15
|
Md. Ali Ashraf Fatmi
Male
JD
|
51.89% | 104,021 |
|
Rosera
#16
|
Pitambar Paswan
Male
JD
|
55.50% | 122,931 |
|
Samastipur
#17
|
Ajit Kumar Mehta
Male
JD
|
55.14% | 141,934 |
|
Barh
#18
|
Nitish Kumar
Male
SAP
|
51.46% | 64,854 |
|
Balia
#19
|
Shatrughan Prasad Singh
Male
CPI
|
50.89% | 88,334 |
|
Saharsa
#20
|
Dinesh Chandera Yadav
Male
JD
|
57.12% | 152,445 |
|
Madhepura
#21
|
Sharad Yadav
Male
JD
|
61.90% | 237,144 |
|
Araria
#22
|
Sukdeo Paswan
Male
JD
|
42.84% | 48,278 |
|
Kishanganj
#23
|
Taslimuddin
Male
JD
|
55.74% | 164,583 |
|
Purnea
#24
|
Rajesh Ranjan
Male
SP
|
65.98% | 316,155 |
|
Katihar
#25
|
Tariq Anwar
Male
INC
|
42.11% | 88,286 |
|
Rajmahal
#26
|
Thomas Hansda
Male
INC
|
45.22% | 143,162 |
|
Dumka
#27
|
Shibu Soren
Male
JMM
|
31.94% | 5,478 |
|
Godda
#28
|
Jagdambi Prasad Yadav
Male
BJP
|
35.88% | 56,185 |
|
Banka
#29
|
Giridhari Yadav
Male
JD
|
43.87% | 14,715 |
|
Bhagalpur
#30
|
Chunchun Prasad Yadav
Male
JD
|
41.84% | 53,137 |
|
Khagaria
#31
|
Anil Kumar Yadav
Male
JD
|
43.47% | 12,377 |
|
Monghyr
#32
|
Brahmanand Mandal
Male
SAP
|
38.30% | 21,146 |
|
Begusarai
#33
|
Ramendra Kumar
Male
IND
|
42.89% | 25,924 |
|
Nalanda
#34
|
George Ferandes
Male
SAP
|
55.12% | 167,864 |
|
Patna
#35
|
Ramkripal Yadav
Male
JD
|
50.18% | 39,467 |
|
Arrah
#36
|
Chandra Deo Prasad Verma
Male
JD
|
30.13% | 41,041 |
|
Buxar
#37
|
Lal Muni Choubey
BJP
|
45.34% | 63,764 |
|
Sasaram
#38
|
Muni Lal
BJP
|
48.17% | 53,633 |
|
Bikramganj
#39
|
Kanti Singh
Female
JD
|
42.35% | 2,423 |
|
Aurangabad
#40
|
Virendra Kumar Singh
Male
JD
|
34.51% | 23,032 |
|
Jahanabad
#41
|
Ramashraya Prasad Singh
Male
CPI
|
35.72% | 95,650 |
|
Nawada
#42
|
Kameshwar Paswan
Male
BJP
|
41.71% | 96,914 |
|
Gaya
#43
|
Bhagwati Devi
Female
JD
|
46.61% | 59,623 |
|
Chatra
#44
|
Dheerendra Agrawal
Male
BJP
|
42.85% | 54,370 |
|
Kodarma
#45
|
Ritlal Prasad Verma
Male
BJP
|
39.44% | 46,954 |
|
Giridih
#46
|
Ravindra Kumar Pandey
Male
BJP
|
36.52% | 91,663 |
|
Dhanbad
#47
|
Rita Verma
Female
BJP
|
33.44% | 22,196 |
|
Hazaribagh
#48
|
Mahabir Lal Viswakarma
Male
BJP
|
38.36% | 71,251 |
|
Ranchi
#49
|
Ram Tahal Choudhary
Male
BJP
|
35.94% | 39,292 |
|
Jamshedpur
#50
|
Bhardwaj Nitish Janardan
Male
BJP
|
33.37% | 55,137 |
|
Singhbhum
#51
|
Chitrasen Sinku
Male
BJP
|
20.88% | 11,947 |
|
Khunti
#52
|
Kariya Munda
Male
BJP
|
33.20% | 27,672 |
|
Lohardaga
#53
|
Lalit Oraon
Male
BJP
|
34.01% | 40,569 |
|
Palamu
#54
|
Braj Mohan Ram
Male
BJP
|
43.42% | 54,415 |