Constituency
49. Patepur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 2000
BR-PATEPUR
RJD 51.6%won by 10.3%JDU 41.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which now leads by 10.3%.
- RJD vote shareRJD went from 0.0% to 51.6% of the vote here (+51.6%).
- New challengerJanata Dal (United) (JDU) finished second with 41.3% — it did not contest here in 1995.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.0% of the vote between them, up from 80.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,17,277
Margin
12,115
10.33%
Candidates
7 contested · winner RJD- 1PREMA CHAUDHARYRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD60,57251.6%
- 2MAHENDRA BAITHAJanata Dal (United) · JDU48,45741.3%
- 3VEERCHANDRA PASWANIndian National Congress · INC3,3052.8%
- 4BALESHWAR SINGH PASWANSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP2,1921.9%
- 5UMESH BAITHACpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL1,4331.2%
- 6SANJAY PASWANIndependent · IND8430.7%
- 7VIRENDRA RAJAKBahujan Samaj Party · BSP4750.4%
Since 1995
Derived- Winner then
- JD
- Winner now
- RJDflipped
- RJD–JDU swing
- +10.3%
- RJD share
- 0.0% → 51.6%
- JDU share
- 0.0% → 41.3%
- Turnout
- — → —