Bihar · Parliament (Lok Sabha) Election 1996 GEN
Raghybansh Prasad Singh of Janata Dal won the Vaishali Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar in the 1996 general election, with a winning margin of 62,683 votes (8.80%).
56 candidates contested this seat. The constituency had 1,054,819 registered electors and 711,763 votes were polled, recording a turnout of 67.50%. Full candidate-wise vote breakdown, vote shares, and constituency statistics are below.
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| Position | Candidate Name | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raghybansh Prasad Singh | Janata Dal | 354,226 | 49.80% |
| 2 | Vrishin Patel | Samata Party | 291,543 | 41.00% |
| 3 | Raghunath Pandey | Indian National Congress | 39,170 | 5.50% |
| 4 | Valeshwar Rusupuri | Independent | 3,764 | 0.50% |
| 5 | Ram N. Yadav | Independent | 1,361 | 0.20% |
| 6 | Parmanand Tiwari | Independent | 1,338 | 0.20% |
| 7 | Umeshwar Pd. Singh | Independent | 1,335 | 0.20% |
| 8 | Ramparavesh Tiwary | Independent | 913 | 0.10% |
| 9 | Aliraza Ansari | All India Indira Congress (TIWARI) | 836 | 0.10% |
| 10 | Bharat Pd. Singh | Independent | 823 | 0.10% |
| 11 | Satyendra Nath Verma | Independent | 664 | 0.10% |
| 12 | Shankar Kishor Chaudhary | Independent | 573 | 0.10% |
| 13 | Rajiv Ku. Shahi | Independent | 455 | 0.10% |
| 14 | Balendra Rai | Independent | 421 | 0.10% |
| 15 | Ajit Kr. Singh | Independent | 334 | 0.00% |
| 16 | Ram Janm Sahani | Independent | 328 | 0.00% |
| 17 | Asharfi Rai | Independent | 307 | 0.00% |
| 18 | Deo Narain Sah | Independent | 280 | 0.00% |
| 19 | Vidyarthi Sah | Independent | 268 | 0.00% |
| 20 | Rajesh Kumar Singh | Independent | 223 | 0.00% |
| 21 | Shashi Bhushan Pd. Singh | Independent | 215 | 0.00% |
| 22 | Nageshwar Singh Patel | Independent | 211 | 0.00% |
| 23 | Balindar Singh | Independent | 203 | 0.00% |
| 24 | Sami Hadar | Independent | 198 | 0.00% |
| 25 | Ramanand Anarya | Independent | 197 | 0.00% |
| 26 | Raju Pd. Gupta | Independent | 197 | 0.00% |
| 27 | Sunil Kumar Singh | Independent | 190 | 0.00% |
| 28 | Ranvir Singh | Independent | 189 | 0.00% |
| 29 | Raj Kumar Singh | Independent | 178 | 0.00% |
| 30 | Umesh Prasad | Independent | 172 | 0.00% |
| 31 | Mahesh Mishra | Independent | 166 | 0.00% |
| 32 | Ram Pukar Bhagat | Independent | 166 | 0.00% |
| 33 | Lakhindra Sahni | Independent | 164 | 0.00% |
| 34 | Narendra Thakur | Independent | 155 | 0.00% |
| 35 | Pradeep Rai | Independent | 143 | 0.00% |
| 36 | Durga Singh | Independent | 139 | 0.00% |
| 37 | Ramji Singh | Independent | 136 | 0.00% |
| 38 | Shiv Shankar Singh Pathik | Independent | 119 | 0.00% |
| 39 | Kishori Pd. Sah | Independent | 116 | 0.00% |
| 40 | Vinod Kumar | Independent | 112 | 0.00% |
| 41 | Parshu Ram Rai | Independent | 109 | 0.00% |
| 42 | Shambhu Sahni | Independent | 107 | 0.00% |
| 43 | Mahesh Kumar | Independent | 103 | 0.00% |
| 44 | Hari Shankar Das | Independent | 96 | 0.00% |
| 45 | Ravindra Singh | Independent | 93 | 0.00% |
| 46 | Sunil K.R. Singh | Independent | 92 | 0.00% |
| 47 | Ravi Bhushan Singh | Independent | 91 | 0.00% |
| 48 | Dinesh Pd. Singh | Independent | 91 | 0.00% |
| 49 | Amarnath Patel | Independent | 90 | 0.00% |
| 50 | Chandeshwar Pd. Singh | Independent | 82 | 0.00% |
| 51 | Rama Shankar Singh | Independent | 77 | 0.00% |
| 52 | Anil K.R. Singh | Independent | 75 | 0.00% |
| 53 | Ramesh Prasad Singh | Independent | 67 | 0.00% |
| 54 | Chandeshwar Thakur | Independent | 62 | 0.00% |
| 55 | Krishna Kumar Singh | Independent | 59 | 0.00% |
| 56 | Amarnath Singh | Independent | 41 | 0.00% |
In the 1996 Lok Sabha election, Raghybansh Prasad Singh of Janata Dal secured victory in the Vaishali constituency (Bihar) with a margin of 62,683 votes.
Out of 1,054,819 registered electors, 711,763 votes were polled, resulting in a turnout of 67.50%. A total of 56 candidates contested from this constituency. The vote share chart above visualizes how votes were distributed among the candidates.
India uses the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system where the candidate with the most votes wins. The margin percentage indicates how decisive the victory was relative to total votes polled. Explore related constituencies and historical results below.
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