Elections 98

State:	Bihar
Constituency:	Siwan
Total Votes Polled:	675,420
Winner: RJD	M Shahabuddin	327,341
Runner Up: BJP	Vijay Shankar Dubey	206,857
Margin: 120,484 (37%)

Elections 96

State:	Bihar
Constituency:	Siwan
Total Votes Polled:	630460
Winner: JD	M Shahabuddin	326,351
Runner Up: BJP	Janardan Tiwari	161,108
Margin: 165,243 (26.61%)

Riding the V P Singh, the BJP won this seat in 1989, defeating the Congress, but in the next election it was Laloo power which scored when the Janata Dal ousted the saffron set from power. In 1996, the BJP continued to trail behind the JD, scoring exactly half its share of vote.