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12. Motihari

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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

BR-MOTIHARI

RJD 57.7%won by 25.4%BJP 32.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which now leads by 25.4%.

  • RJD vote shareRJD went from 0.0% to 57.7% of the vote here (+57.7%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.1% of the vote between them, up from 74.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,36,208
Margin
34,567
25.38%

Candidates

16 contested · winner RJD
  1. 1RAMA DEVIRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD78,65757.7%
  2. 2PRAMOD KUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP44,09032.4%
  3. 3TRIVENI TIWARICommunist Party of India · CPI5,5524.1%
  4. 4SHIBLI RAZAIndependent · IND2,1151.6%
  5. 5RAMESH PRASAD VERMABJCR · BJCR2,0381.5%
  6. 6RAM BACHAN TIWARICpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL9680.7%
  7. 7NAGENDRA SAHANIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP8040.6%
  8. 8SANJAY KUMAR OJHAAJBP · AJBP5460.4%
  9. 9TARKESHWAR PRASADIndian National Congress · INC4970.4%
  10. 10KRISHNA KUMARIndependent · IND2070.2%
  11. 11ARVIND KU. SINHAIndependent · IND2050.2%
  12. 12DEBENDAR KUMARShiv Sena · SHS1820.1%
  13. 13VIJAY KU. SINHANationalist Congress Party · NCP1250.1%
  14. 14BINOD RAMIndependent · IND1090.1%
  15. 15RAM BALAK RAMIndependent · IND570.0%
  16. 16VED PRAKASH ARYASWJP · SWJP560.0%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
RJDflipped
RJD–BJP swing
+54.2%
RJD share
0.0% → 57.7%
BJP share
28.9% → 32.4%
Turnout
— → —
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