Constituency
104. Matihani
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 2000
BR-MATIHANI
CPI 30.6%won by 6.2%INC 24.4%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.4% to 6.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 55.0% between them, down from 74.3% — the field split more ways.
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
1,07,647
Margin
6,716
6.24%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPI- 1RAJENDRA RAJANCommunist Party of India · CPI32,96230.6%
- 2PRAMOD KUMAR SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC26,24624.4%
- 3SHYAM SUNDER SINGHSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP23,80122.1%
- 4BHUSHAN CHOUDHARYRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD12,14611.3%
- 5ANITA DEVIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP10,94610.2%
- 6PRO SHEKHAR SINGHAJBP · AJBP1,5461.4%
Since 1995
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–INC swing
- −12.1%
- CPI share
- 46.3% → 30.6%
- INC share
- 28.0% → 24.4%
- Turnout
- — → —