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49. Patepur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1995

BR-PATEPUR

JD 66.5%won by 52.3%SAP 14.2%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 54.8% to 52.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerSamajwadi Andolan Party (SAP) finished second with 14.2% — it did not contest here in 1990.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.7% between them, down from 96.0% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
1,03,037
Margin
53,847
52.26%

Candidates

15 contested · winner JD
  1. 1MAHENDRA BAITHAJanata Dal · JD68,49566.5%
  2. 2PREMA CHAUDHARYSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP14,64814.2%
  3. 3PARASNATH CHAUDHARYIndian National Congress · INC11,21310.9%
  4. 4PARMESHWAR DAYALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,3573.3%
  5. 5BALESHWAR SINGH PASWANIndependent · IND1,2931.3%
  6. 6RAMDEO RAMIndependent · IND9831.0%
  7. 7MANI DEVIIndependent · IND6390.6%
  8. 8MANOJ CHAUDHARYBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6350.6%
  9. 9HARI PASWANIndependent · IND5120.5%
  10. 10SURENDRA BAITHAIndependent · IND3660.4%
  11. 11VEERCHANDRA RAMIndependent · IND2690.3%
  12. 12SURESH KUMARIndependent · IND2580.3%
  13. 13VISHESHWAR PASWANIndependent · IND1530.1%
  14. 14VISHWANATH CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND1100.1%
  15. 15VAL KRISHNA PASWANIndependent · IND1060.1%

Since 1990

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
JD
JD–SAP swing
−23.1%
JD share
75.4% → 66.5%
SAP share
0.0% → 14.2%
Turnout
— → —
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