Name: Araria Lok Sabha 1996 result - Bihar (1947-1999)
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Winner: SUKDEO PASWANJD
Votes: 250,26342.8% share
Margin ?: 48,278over BJP
Turnout ?: 56.7%594,913 of 1,049,489
NOTA ?: 0

Historical election results Official outcomes as published by the Election Commission of India, compiled by third parties and not verified by VotingBharat.com. Data sources

All candidates, 1996
#	Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote share
1	SUKDEO PASWAN Winner	JD	250,263	42.84%
2	RAMJI RISHIDEO	BJP	201,985	34.58%
3	HARI PRASAD BAISHYANTRI	INC	91,873	15.73%
4	BABUJEE RISHIDEO	IND	10,508	1.80%
5	BABULAL PASWAN	IND	8,549	1.46%
6	VIJAY RAJAK	IND	6,648	1.14%
7	BUDDHADEO RISHIDEO	IND	2,161	0.37%
8	SHAMBHU SHARAN RAM	IND	1,439	0.25%
9	AD. BAL KRISHNA RAJ CHOUDHARY	IND	1,431	0.24%
10	CHANDRADEO RISHIDEO	IND	1,352	0.23%
11	YUBRAJ PASWAN	IND	1,271	0.22%
12	CHANDRA MOHAN RAM	BSP	1,226	0.21%
13	BIDESHI DAS	IND	1,146	0.20%
14	SITA RAM RAM	IND	836	0.14%
15	LAKSHMI RAM	RMEP	745	0.13%
16	BHUWNESHWAR SADA	IND	615	0.11%
17	BIDYANAND RISHIDEO	IND	581	0.10%
18	NARAYAN DAS	IND	541	0.09%
19	ASHARFI SADA	IND	352	0.06%
20	RAM KUMAR BAITHA	IND	322	0.06%
21	SATYA NARAYAN WRITER	SHS	293	0.05%

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Winners as in our results data. Boundaries may have changed between years.

Winning party by year

1999RJDby 2,169
1998BJPby 33,937
1996JDby 48,278
1991JDby 170,994
1989JDby 72,655
1984INCby 198,886
1980INC(I)by 62,824
1977BLDby 108,534
1971INCby 83,185
1967INCby 70,649

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