Election
Constituency

59. Muzaffarpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

BR-MUZAFFARPUR

RJD 56.2%won by 17.4%BJP 38.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which now leads by 17.4%.

  • RJD vote shareRJD went from 0.0% to 56.2% of the vote here (+56.2%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.1% of the vote between them, up from 70.3% — 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
1,54,526
Margin
26,833
17.36%

Candidates

15 contested · winner RJD
  1. 1VIJENDRA CHAUDHARYRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD86,87356.2%
  2. 2SURESH KUMAR SHARMABharatiya Janata Party · BJP60,04038.9%
  3. 3ARVIND KUMARIndian National Congress · INC4,5753.0%
  4. 4JANBAZ ALICpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL9430.6%
  5. 5MAHESH PRASAD GUPTAIndependent · IND7010.5%
  6. 6SUREKHA DEVI SAHUApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD5410.4%
  7. 7KUMARESHWAR SAHAYBJCR · BJCR2630.2%
  8. 8MAHENDRA MADHUPIndependent · IND2080.1%
  9. 9SANTOSH KUMAR JHAIndependent · IND760.0%
  10. 10UDAY SHANKAR SINGHIndependent · IND690.0%
  11. 11RAM CHANDRA PASWANIndependent · IND680.0%
  12. 12RAJESH KUMAR SINGHNationalist Congress Party · NCP540.0%
  13. 13AJAY KUMARIndependent · IND460.0%
  14. 14MUKHYALAL PASWANIndependent · IND390.0%
  15. 15PRAVEEN KUMARIndependent · IND300.0%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
RJDflipped
RJD–BJP swing
+37.8%
RJD share
0.0% → 56.2%
BJP share
20.5% → 38.9%
Turnout
— → —
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