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38. Taraiya

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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

BR-TARAIYA

RJD 36.9%won by 0.2%BJP 36.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which now leads by 0.2%.

  • RJD vote shareRJD went from 0.0% to 36.9% of the vote here (+36.9%).
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 265 votes (0.24%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • Multi-cornered3 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
1,10,163
Margin
265
0.24%

Candidates

17 contested · winner RJD
  1. 1RAM DAS RAYRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD40,68036.9%
  2. 2JANAK SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP40,41536.7%
  3. 3KAMLA PRASAD SINGHBPSP · BPSP19,00917.3%
  4. 4CHANDESHWAR PD. RAINationalist Congress Party · NCP4,7074.3%
  5. 5VIRENDRA YADAVIndependent · IND1,2151.1%
  6. 6MEGHNATH SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI1,0100.9%
  7. 7BHIKHARI SAHIndependent · IND6580.6%
  8. 8BHARAT BHUSHAN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC6300.6%
  9. 9NAGENDRA PRASADBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3970.4%
  10. 10SHAILENDRA KUMAR SINGHSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP3180.3%
  11. 11PRABHAT KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND3000.3%
  12. 12AKHATAR HUSSAINIndependent · IND2530.2%
  13. 13JALIM SINGHIndependent · IND2040.2%
  14. 14PAWAN RAIIndependent · IND1780.2%
  15. 15KRISHNA PRATAP SINGHIndependent · IND750.1%
  16. 16HARIHAR SINGHIndependent · IND600.1%
  17. 17SRAKSHAI LAL SINGHIndependent · IND540.0%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
RJDflipped
RJD–BJP swing
+20.2%
RJD share
0.0% → 36.9%
BJP share
19.9% → 36.7%
Turnout
— → —
37. Masrakh39. Marhaura
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