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164. Mahagama

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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

BR-MAHAGAMA

BJP 26.0%won by 8.5%RJD 17.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 8.5%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 6.4% to 26.0% of the vote here (+19.6%).
  • New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 17.5% — it did not contest here in 1995.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 43.4% between them, down from 69.4% — 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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Valid votes
1,23,273
Margin
10,506
8.52%

Candidates

19 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1ASHOK KUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP32,02526.0%
  2. 2ATAUR RAHMAN SIDDIQUERashtriya Janata Dal · RJD21,51917.5%
  3. 3AWADH BIHARI SINGHIndian National Congress · INC12,62210.2%
  4. 4VIRENDRA KUMAR SINGHJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM12,1819.9%
  5. 5SURESH PD. YADAVCommunist Party of India · CPI12,1139.8%
  6. 6USMAN GANIIndependent · IND6,7865.5%
  7. 7ENAMUL HAQUEBJCR · BJCR5,6464.6%
  8. 8JAI RAM SORENIndependent · IND4,4293.6%
  9. 9HARI NARAYAN MAHTOIndependent · IND2,8252.3%
  10. 10KAPIL DEO BHAGATJKPP · JKPP2,6232.1%
  11. 11BHUPENDRA KUMAR RAMBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,1221.7%
  12. 12ANBARUL HODANationalist Congress Party · NCP1,8641.5%
  13. 13VIJAY SINGHIndependent · IND1,4971.2%
  14. 14RAJ KAPOOR MAHTOSamajwadi Party · SP1,3911.1%
  15. 15MOHSINRashtriya Lok Dal · RLD1,2201.0%
  16. 16FAIYAZ BHAGALPURIJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS8120.7%
  17. 17SHAMBHU NATH PANDEYAJBP · AJBP6460.5%
  18. 18KSHITISH CHANDRA JHAIndependent · IND5130.4%
  19. 19SHAHBAZ ALAMIndependent · IND4390.4%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–RJD swing
+2.1%
BJP share
6.4% → 26.0%
RJD share
0.0% → 17.5%
Turnout
— → —
163. Godda165. Pirpainti
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