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168. Bhagalpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

BR-BHAGALPUR

BJP 53.7%won by 19.1%RJD 34.6%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.6% to 19.1%.

  • New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 34.6% — it did not contest here in 1995.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.3% of the vote between them, up from 80.1% — 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
1,19,838
Margin
22,877
19.09%

Candidates

13 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUVEYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP64,36453.7%
  2. 2ARUN KUMARRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD41,48734.6%
  3. 3SIKANDER JAMALIndependent · IND6,4165.4%
  4. 4JANARDAN PRASAD SAHIndian National Congress · INC4,0643.4%
  5. 5GOKUL DASBJCR · BJCR1,1310.9%
  6. 6TARKESHWAR MANDALCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL4160.3%
  7. 7SAVITA BHAGATBahujan Samaj Party · BSP4110.3%
  8. 8BONGI ROYIndependent · IND3970.3%
  9. 9KEDAR NATH SAHNationalist Congress Party · NCP3460.3%
  10. 10BHAG CHANDAJBP · AJBP2710.2%
  11. 11HARI PRASAD GOPEMCO · MCO2400.2%
  12. 12BAJO PASWANIndependent · IND1520.1%
  13. 13NISHAD YOGMAYA SAHNIIndependent · IND1430.1%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–RJD swing
−23.3%
BJP share
42.4% → 53.7%
RJD share
0.0% → 34.6%
Turnout
— → —
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