When did Nitish become a lok sabha MP?
After becoming the mla from Nalanda'sHarnaut in 1985, nitish kumar tried his luck in the 1989 lok sabha elections. Nitish contested from BarhLok Sabha seat on Janata Dal ticket. He got the advantage of anti-incumbency against congress and won the election by 78 thousand votes.
In 1991 also, Nitish won the elections on a Janata Dal ticket. This time the margin of victory was more than one and a half lakh. After split in Janata Dal, Nitish contested from this seat on the symbol of Samta party in 1996 elections. Nitish was successful in reaching the parliament this time also.
In 1998, 1999 also, Nitish reached lok sabha from Barh seat. In 2004, Nitish contested elections from Badh and Nalanda seats. Nitish had to face defeat from Barh seat. However, he managed to win from Nalanda. After becoming the chief minister of bihar in 2005, nitish kumar resigned from the Lok Sabha.
The weakness of the alliance is strong UP- Uttar Pradesh has a total of 80 lok sabha seats, which is very important for going to Delhi. Compared to bihar, jharkhand and Bengal, the alliance's math is weak here. In UP, congress, SP and RLD are preparing to contest elections in alliance.The vote percentage of all the three parties is very less as compared to BJP. If we look at the figures of 2022, the bjp alliance currently has 45 percent votes, while the opposition front has only 37 percent. There is a gap of 8 percent between bjp alliance and INDIA's vote.
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