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Constituency

162. Poraiyahat

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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

BR-PORAIYAHAT

BJP 43.9%won by 14.9%JMM 29.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: JMMS (JMMS) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 14.9%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 19.4% to 43.9% of the vote here (+24.5%).
  • New challengerJharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) finished second with 29.0% — it did not contest here in 1995.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 73.0% of the vote between them, up from 57.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,23,567
Margin
18,413
14.90%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
JMMS
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJPJMM swing
−4.5%
BJP share
19.4% 43.9%
JMM share
0.0% 29.0%
Turnout