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Elections 98

State: Bihar
Constituency: Balia
Total Votes Polled: 624626
Winner: RJD Rajbanshi Mahto 240119
Runner Up: CPI Shatraghna Pd. Singh 187635
Margin: 52484 (22%)


Elections 96

State: Bihar
Constituency: Balia
Total Votes Polled: 537617
Winner: CPI Shatrughan Prasad Singh 267482
Runner Up: BJP Ram Lakhan Singh 179148
Margin: 88334 (16.81%)


In the last three elections it was the CPI that scored, its share of the popular vote not dipping below 50 % even once. Significantly, in 1996, the runner-up position had been yielded to the BJP which cornered 34 % of the vote.

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