Elections 98

State:	Bihar
Constituency:	Godda
Total Votes Polled:	719075
Winner: BJP	Jagdambi Prasad Yadav	334015
Runner Up: JMM	Suraj Mandal	258335
Margin: 75680 (23%)

Elections 96

State:	Bihar
Constituency:	Godda
Total Votes Polled:	631098
Winner: BJP	Jagdambi Prasad Yadav	222866
Runner Up: JD	Salauddin Ansari	166681
Margin: 56185 (9.05%)

Again, the JHP had won from here early on, in 1957, but since 1989 the contest has been between the BJP and the JMM. The BJP won in 1989, the JMM in 1991 and the BJP reclaimed it in 1996.