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139. Purnea

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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

BR-PURNEA

BJP 26.0%won by 10.1%SP 15.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 10.1%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 15.3% to 26.0% of the vote here (+10.7%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 42.0% between them, down from 59.7% — 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
1,18,288
Margin
11,920
10.08%

Candidates

27 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1RAJ KISHORE KESRIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP30,77626.0%
  2. 2RAMCHARITRA YADAVSamajwadi Party · SP18,85615.9%
  3. 3YABIBAIndependent · IND15,48413.1%
  4. 4MADHAVI SARKARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM13,19511.2%
  5. 5VAIDYANATH MEHTAIndependent · IND6,6805.6%
  6. 6PRADEEP SARKARIndependent · IND5,5504.7%
  7. 7PRAFULLA CHANDRA ROYIndependent · IND5,1484.4%
  8. 8DARKHSHA NASIMIndependent · IND3,8413.2%
  9. 9INDU SINHAIndian National Congress · INC2,9312.5%
  10. 10NAZRUL ISLAMIndependent · IND2,7462.3%
  11. 11SURESH PD. SAHJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM2,0721.8%
  12. 12SITA RAM JAISWALIndependent · IND1,2601.1%
  13. 13SATYENDRA KRI. SINHAIndependent · IND1,1411.0%
  14. 14LAL BABU SAHNIIndependent · IND1,0520.9%
  15. 15ANIL SINGHIndependent · IND9090.8%
  16. 16KAMAL KISHORE YADAVBJCR · BJCR9060.8%
  17. 17VIRENDRA MOHAN THAKURAJBP · AJBP7760.7%
  18. 18DEV CHARAN YADAVIndependent · IND7170.6%
  19. 19ASHA DEVIIndependent · IND6560.6%
  20. 20KRISHNA KR. JHAIndependent · IND6360.5%
  21. 21ARUN KR. SAHShiv Sena · SHS6160.5%
  22. 22SAYARA KHATOONIndependent · IND6150.5%
  23. 23BHOLA SAHNIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5340.5%
  24. 24SIYA RAM JAISWALIndependent · IND5330.5%
  25. 25ANWARUS SALAMBHJVP · BHJVP2390.2%
  26. 26RAMCHANDRA PASWANIndependent · IND2320.2%
  27. 27MUKASH YADAVIndependent · IND1870.2%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–SP swing
+24.0%
BJP share
15.3% → 26.0%
SP share
29.2% → 15.9%
Turnout
— → —
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