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271. Dhanwar

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1995

BR-DHANWAR

JD 32.9%won by 13.3%INC 19.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Dal (JD), which now leads by 13.3%.

  • JD vote shareJD went from 0.0% to 32.9% of the vote here (+32.9%).
  • Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
1,17,160
Margin
15,622
13.33%

Candidates

22 contested · winner JD
  1. 1GURU SAHAY MAHTOJanata Dal · JD38,60432.9%
  2. 2TILAKDHARI PRASAD SINGHIndian National Congress · INC22,98219.6%
  3. 3JAGDISH PRASAD KUSHWAHABharatiya Janata Party · BJP15,03612.8%
  4. 4UMACHARAN SAWJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM13,24811.3%
  5. 5RAJ KUMAR YADAVCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL6,7045.7%
  6. 6HARIHAR NARAYAN PRABHAKARIndependent · IND3,8693.3%
  7. 7RAMDEV RAMIndependent · IND2,9982.6%
  8. 8WASHIRUDDINJMMM · JMMM2,7212.3%
  9. 9JAYDEV CHOWDHARIIndependent · IND2,3162.0%
  10. 10JAYDEV NARAYAN DEVIndependent · IND1,9171.6%
  11. 11CHANDRA MOULI SINGHBhartiya Panchsheel Party · BPP1,5351.3%
  12. 12SHANKAR PRASAD SAHUSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP1,4291.2%
  13. 13NAKUL CHOWDHARIIndependent · IND7260.6%
  14. 14JAY PRAKASH SAWIndependent · IND7070.6%
  15. 15DASHARATH KUMAR DASIndependent · IND5770.5%
  16. 16BINDESHWARI PRASAD SINHAJan Kalyan Party · JKP4280.4%
  17. 17RAMCHANDRA YADAVIndependent · IND3000.3%
  18. 18SHASHI BHUSHAN YADAVIndependent · IND2900.2%
  19. 19RAVINDRA YADAVIndependent · IND2440.2%
  20. 20SIRAJ RAMIndependent · IND2040.2%
  21. 21VASUDEV MAHTOIndependent · IND2020.2%
  22. 22SHRIDHAR RAIIndependent · IND1230.1%

Since 1990

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
JDflipped
JD–INC swing
+49.8%
JD share
0.0% → 32.9%
INC share
36.4% → 19.6%
Turnout
— → —
270. Barkatha272. Bagodar
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