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147. Rajmahal

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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

BR-RAJMAHAL

BJP 29.9%won by 9.7%JMM 20.2%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.4% to 9.7%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 50.1% of the vote between them, up from 41.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
1,22,406
Margin
11,862
9.69%

Candidates

14 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1ARUN MANDALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP36,62329.9%
  2. 2NAJRUL ISLAMJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM24,76120.2%
  3. 3ANIL KUMAR SARKARIndian National Congress · INC24,73320.2%
  4. 4DHRUV BHAGATRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD11,8049.6%
  5. 5JAYANT SINGHNationalist Congress Party · NCP8,9007.3%
  6. 6DARA SINGH YADAVIndependent · IND7,0345.7%
  7. 7FARID SHAIKHIndependent · IND5,2244.3%
  8. 8ANUKUL MISHRABHJC · BHJC1,6311.3%
  9. 9SACHINDRA KUMAR ROYCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL7210.6%
  10. 10JAMIRIndependent · IND2590.2%
  11. 11JAGDISH SAHAShiv Sena · SHS2500.2%
  12. 12JALAL ANSARIIndependent · IND1920.2%
  13. 13RAJENDRA PD. SAHIndependent · IND1630.1%
  14. 14CHATUR RAKSHITIndependent · IND1110.1%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–JMM swing
+3.8%
BJP share
22.9% → 29.9%
JMM share
17.0% → 20.2%
Turnout
— → —
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