Elections 98

State:	Bihar
Constituency:	Madhepura
Total Votes Polled:	644414
Winner: RJD	Lalu Prasad	297686
Runner Up: JD	Sharad Yadav	245703
Margin: 51983 (17%)

Elections 96

State:	Bihar
Constituency:	Madhepura
Total Votes Polled:	624787
Winner: JD	Sharad Yadav	381190
Runner Up: SAP	Anand Mandal	144046
Margin: 237144 (38.51%)

From 1980 the MP has invariably been a Yadav; in 1991 and 1996 the MP was a certain Sharad Yadav. The 1998 election should be interesting since Laloo, with whose support Yadav was returned to Parliament, has thrown a gauntlet at his ally turned foe.