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213. Paliganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1995

BR-PALIGANJ

JD 37.9%won by 14.3%BJP 23.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Dal (JD), which now leads by 14.3%.

  • JD vote shareJD went from 8.8% to 37.9% of the vote here (+29.1%).
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 23.6% — it did not contest here in 1990.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.5% between them, down from 80.9% — 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
1,25,363
Margin
17,872
14.26%

Candidates

21 contested · winner JD
  1. 1CHANDRADEO PRASAD VERMAJanata Dal · JD47,48137.9%
  2. 2JANARDAN SHARMABharatiya Janata Party · BJP29,60923.6%
  3. 3NAND KUMAR NANDANCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL24,96119.9%
  4. 4RAJENDRA SINGHIndian National Congress · INC14,03811.2%
  5. 5C.P. SINHASamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP5,2174.2%
  6. 6PRAFULLI CHANDRA BOSEIndependent · IND5520.4%
  7. 7RAMESH SINGHIndependent · IND5140.4%
  8. 8RANJEET KUMARIndependent · IND3900.3%
  9. 9RAMADHAR YADAVADDP · DDP3610.3%
  10. 10ANIL KUMAR VERMAIndependent · IND3530.3%
  11. 11SUBH NARAYAN SINGHIndependent · IND2790.2%
  12. 12UMA KANT PANDITBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD2550.2%
  13. 13SURENDRA PASWANIndependent · IND2370.2%
  14. 14BARTI DEVIIndependent · IND2000.2%
  15. 15ANIL SINGHIndependent · IND1590.1%
  16. 16BHARAT SINGH BHARTIIndependent · IND1490.1%
  17. 17VIRENDRA KUMARIndependent · IND1460.1%
  18. 18TAPESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND1280.1%
  19. 19SINDESHWAR TIWARYIndependent · IND1230.1%
  20. 20VISHWANATH PRASADIndependent · IND1160.1%
  21. 21AJAY KUMARIndependent · IND950.1%

Since 1990

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
JDflipped
JD–BJP swing
+5.4%
JD share
8.8% → 37.9%
BJP share
0.0% → 23.6%
Turnout
— → —
212. Bikram214. Sandesh
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