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Constituency

50. Mahua

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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

BR-MAHUA

RJD 51.0%won by 7.6%JDU 43.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which now leads by 7.6%.

  • RJD vote shareRJD went from 0.0% to 51.0% of the vote here (+51.0%).
  • New challengerJanata Dal (United) (JDU) finished second with 43.3% — it did not contest here in 1995.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.3% of the vote between them, up from 76.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
1,18,690
Margin
9,070
7.64%

Candidates

8 contested · winner RJD
  1. 1DASAI CHOWDHARYRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD60,47851.0%
  2. 2MUNSHI LAL PASWANJanata Dal (United) · JDU51,40843.3%
  3. 3SURENDRA PASWANIndian National Congress · INC2,7232.3%
  4. 4CHATRBHUJ PASWANIndependent · IND1,4831.2%
  5. 5KUSHA RAMIndependent · IND1,2181.0%
  6. 6BALENDAR DASBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6540.6%
  7. 7RAJGIR PASWANBJCR · BJCR5310.4%
  8. 8BINDESHWAR PASWANBHJVP · BHJVP1950.2%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
RJDflipped
RJD–JDU swing
+7.6%
RJD share
0.0% → 51.0%
JDU share
0.0% → 43.3%
Turnout
— → —
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