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8. Bettiah

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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

BR-BETTIAH

BJP 32.6%won by 7.9%IND 24.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 7.9%.

  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 24.7% — it polled just 1.2% in 1995.
  • Multi-cornered4 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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Valid votes
1,37,689
Margin
10,841
7.87%

Candidates

19 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1RENU DEVIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP44,89732.6%
  2. 2MD. SHAMIM AKHTARIndependent · IND34,05624.7%
  3. 3BIRBAL YADAVIndependent · IND21,47415.6%
  4. 4NAGESHWAR NARAYAN SHAHIIndependent · IND16,90712.3%
  5. 5AHMAD ALICommunist Party of India · CPI4,2683.1%
  6. 6MANGAL YADAVRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD3,5202.6%
  7. 7VIKARMA SAHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3,2692.4%
  8. 8NAFIS AHMADIndependent · IND2,7172.0%
  9. 9KAMRAN SHAIKHIndian National Congress · INC2,6511.9%
  10. 10GOVIND PRASADIndependent · IND9750.7%
  11. 11SHIVPUJAN PD. VERNWALIndependent · IND7080.5%
  12. 12SHYAMA KANT TIWARINationalist Congress Party · NCP6550.5%
  13. 13SHAMBHU PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND4120.3%
  14. 14RAMDEO MAHTOIndependent · IND2780.2%
  15. 15PRABHU PRASAD YADAVBJCR · BJCR2710.2%
  16. 16DAYANAND KUMAR VERMAIndependent · IND2110.2%
  17. 17SURENDRA THAKURIndependent · IND1700.1%
  18. 18MD. AFSARIndependent · IND1260.1%
  19. 19RAMADHAR RAMIndependent · IND1240.1%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–IND swing
−21.0%
BJP share
30.0% → 32.6%
IND share
1.2% → 24.7%
Turnout
— → —
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