Constituency
182. Chautham
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 2000
BR-CHAUTHAM
SAP 32.6%won by 2.5%RJD 30.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Samajwadi Andolan Party (SAP), which now leads by 2.5%.
- SAP vote shareSAP went from 2.0% to 32.6% of the vote here (+30.6%).
- New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 30.1% — it did not contest here in 1995.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 62.7% of the vote between them, up from 31.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,23,291
Margin
3,081
2.50%
Candidates
7 contested · winner SAP- 1PANNA LAL SINGH 'PATEL'Samajwadi Andolan Party · SAP40,16832.6%
- 2VIDYA SAGAR NISHADRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD37,08730.1%
- 3SATYA NARAYAN SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI34,22527.8%
- 4CHALITRA SADAIndependent · IND3,9593.2%
- 5JAY PRAKASH SINGHIndian National Congress · INC3,7773.1%
- 6LAKSHMAN SAHANIIndependent · IND2,2941.9%
- 7ANJANI CHAUDHARYNationalist Congress Party · NCP1,7811.4%
Since 1995
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- SAPflipped
- SAP–RJD swing
- +0.5%
- SAP share
- 2.0% → 32.6%
- RJD share
- 0.0% → 30.1%
- Turnout
- — → —