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73. Benipatti

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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

BR-BENIPATTI

JDU 34.6%won by 8.9%RJD 25.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Janata Dal (United) (JDU), which now leads by 8.9%.

  • JDU vote shareJDU went from 0.0% to 34.6% of the vote here (+34.6%).
  • New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 25.6% — it did not contest here in 1995.

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
1,08,389
Margin
9,695
8.94%

Candidates

12 contested · winner JDU
  1. 1RAMASHISH YADAVJanata Dal (United) · JDU37,47634.6%
  2. 2SHALIGRAM YADAVRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD27,78125.6%
  3. 3YUGESHWAR JHAIndian National Congress · INC24,43922.5%
  4. 4TEJ NARAYAN JHACommunist Party of India · CPI9,3328.6%
  5. 5RAM GULAM SAHAJBP · AJBP4,2043.9%
  6. 6ANIL JHAIndependent · IND1,7461.6%
  7. 7RANDHIR THAKURBJCR · BJCR8540.8%
  8. 8ABDUL QUDDUSBahujan Samaj Party · BSP7170.7%
  9. 9VIJAY SANKAR KARNANationalist Congress Party · NCP7040.6%
  10. 10MOHIT THAKURIndependent · IND4980.5%
  11. 11BILTU PASWANIndependent · IND3800.4%
  12. 12LAXMI PASWANIndependent · IND2580.2%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
JDUflipped
JDU–RJD swing
+8.9%
JDU share
0.0% → 34.6%
RJD share
0.0% → 25.6%
Turnout
— → —
72. Pupri74. Bisfi
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