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State: Bihar
Constituency: Aurangabad
Total Votes Polled: 546176
Winner: JD Virendra Kumar Singh 185761
Runner Up: INC Satyendra Narayan Singh 162729
Margin: 23032 (4.28%)

The Janata Dal, although retaining this seat the last three times, has seen its vote fall from 47.7 % in 1989 to 34.51 % in 1996. The Congress, which has remained in the second position, has seen its share of the vote fall from 37.6 % to 30.23 % in the same period.

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