Constituency
156. Sarath
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 2000
BR-SARATH
JMM 51.1%won by 11.4%BJP 39.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), which now leads by 11.4%.
- JMM vote shareJMM went from 32.4% to 51.1% of the vote here (+18.7%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.9% of the vote between them, up from 82.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
1,18,321
Margin
13,466
11.38%
Candidates
9 contested · winner JMM- 1SHASHANK SHEKHAR BHOKTAJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM60,48251.1%
- 2UDAY SHANKAR SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP47,01639.7%
- 3SIRAJ ANSARIRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD7,2276.1%
- 4NIRBHAY CHARAN LALSamajwadi Party · SP1,5971.3%
- 5ASHOK ROYIndian National Congress · INC1,2381.0%
- 6JIYANAND YADAVBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2910.2%
- 7BALKI PRA SINGHIndependent · IND1700.1%
- 8AJAY PRA SINGHIndependent · IND1600.1%
- 9SHITAL KISKUIndependent · IND1400.1%
Since 1995
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JMMflipped
- JMM–BJP swing
- −17.2%
- JMM share
- 32.4% → 51.1%
- BJP share
- 3.8% → 39.7%
- Turnout
- — → —