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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.

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