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265. Simaria

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1995

BR-SIMARIA

BJP 27.1%won by 2.7%CPM 24.4%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.1% to 2.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 22.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 24.4% — it did not contest here in 1990.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 51.4% between them, down from 79.2% — 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
79,108
Margin
2,134
2.70%

Candidates

12 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1UPENDRA NATH DASBharatiya Janata Party · BJP21,40527.1%
  2. 2RAM CHANDRA RAMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM19,27124.4%
  3. 3YOGENDRA NATH BAITHACSPJSD · CSPJSD12,66216.0%
  4. 4ISHWARI RAM PASWANIndian National Congress · INC9,82712.4%
  5. 5RAM LAKHAN RAJAKBhartiya Panchsheel Party · BPP6,0347.6%
  6. 6SHEO JAGAT RAMJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM4,8936.2%
  7. 7KISHAN RAMCommunist Party of India · CPI1,7012.2%
  8. 8MAHESH RAMSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP8511.1%
  9. 9SHANKAR RAVIDASJMMM · JMMM8241.0%
  10. 10SHANKAR DHOBIIndependent · IND8021.0%
  11. 11RAJENDRA PASWANIndependent · IND5440.7%
  12. 12ANAND KISHORE PASWANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2940.4%

Since 1990

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–CPM swing
−46.4%
BJP share
49.1% → 27.1%
CPM share
0.0% → 24.4%
Turnout
— → —
264. Chatra266. Barkagaon
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