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61. Gaighatti

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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

BR-GAIGHATTI

JDU 40.4%won by 4.3%RJD 36.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Janata Dal (United) (JDU), which now leads by 4.3%.

  • JDU vote shareJDU went from 0.0% to 40.4% of the vote here (+40.4%).
  • New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 36.1% — it did not contest here in 1995.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.5% between them, down from 84.6% — the field split more ways.

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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not in source
Valid votes
1,16,369
Margin
4,996
4.29%

Candidates

13 contested · winner JDU
  1. 1VEERENDRA KUMAR SINGHJanata Dal (United) · JDU47,02040.4%
  2. 2DEVENDRA PD. YADAVRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD42,02436.1%
  3. 3MD. BAKHTEYAR AHMADIndependent · IND14,53912.5%
  4. 4RAM BABOO SINGHIndependent · IND2,8522.5%
  5. 5RAM LALA PD. YADAVSamajwadi Party · SP2,7272.3%
  6. 6VEERENDRA PRASAD SINGHIndian National Congress · INC2,6902.3%
  7. 7CHULHAI SAHCommunist Party of India · CPI1,7051.5%
  8. 8BINDESHWAR PASWANIndependent · IND8990.8%
  9. 9SAHEB KUWARIndependent · IND7590.7%
  10. 10GANESH MAHTOIndependent · IND6710.6%
  11. 11MOTEE LAL RAZAKIndependent · IND2150.2%
  12. 12ARUN RAIIndependent · IND1980.2%
  13. 13INDAL RAMIndependent · IND700.1%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
JDUflipped
JDU–RJD swing
+4.3%
JDU share
0.0% → 40.4%
RJD share
0.0% → 36.1%
Turnout
— → —
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