Elections 98

State:	Bihar
Constituency:	Lohardaga(ST)
Total Votes Polled:	524858
Winner: INC	Indra Nath Bhagat	233629
Runner Up: BJP	Lalit Oraon	214232
Margin: 19397 (8%)

Elections 96

State:	Bihar
Constituency:	Lohardaga (ST)
Total Votes Polled:	486746
Winner: BJP	Lalit Oraon	160535
Runner Up: INC	Bandi Oraon	119966
Margin: 40569 (8.59%)

The constituency has been represented by an Oraon since 1967, and the last two times it has been retained by the BJP's Lalit Oraon. This was one of the few places where the JD has trailed the Congress in 1996.