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206. Patna West

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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

BR-PATNA-WEST

BJP 54.9%won by 24.1%RJD 30.9%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.5% to 24.1%.

  • New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 30.9% — it did not contest here in 1995.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.8% of the vote between them, up from 77.9% — 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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Valid votes
1,53,083
Margin
36,857
24.08%

Candidates

21 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1NAVIN KISHOR PD. SINHABharatiya Janata Party · BJP84,09654.9%
  2. 2SHIV NATH YADAV ALIAS BABBAN YADAVRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD47,23930.9%
  3. 3M. K. SINHAIndian National Congress · INC5,2853.5%
  4. 4RAMESH KUMARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,8511.9%
  5. 5RANJAN KUMARIndependent · IND2,5931.7%
  6. 6RAKESH RANJANRashtriya Lok Dal · RLD1,7471.1%
  7. 7MOHAN KR. YADAVIndependent · IND1,5511.0%
  8. 8ASHOK KUMAR YADAVIndependent · IND1,2610.8%
  9. 9ANITA KUMARICpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL1,1840.8%
  10. 10SAMBALSamajwadi Party · SP1,1230.7%
  11. 11PUNITA DEVIIndependent · IND1,0950.7%
  12. 12DEEPAK KUMARIndependent · IND5620.4%
  13. 13SUMAN LALLIndependent · IND5030.3%
  14. 14CHANDRA SHEKHAR PRASADIndependent · IND4500.3%
  15. 15RANJEET SINGHApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD4320.3%
  16. 16REETESH RANJAN SINGHIndependent · IND3340.2%
  17. 17AJAY KUMARIndependent · IND3240.2%
  18. 18SANJAY KUMARJanahitha Paksha · JP1660.1%
  19. 19ARUN KR. UPADHAYAYIndependent · IND1260.1%
  20. 20SUMAN KUMARNationalist Congress Party · NCP1110.1%
  21. 21GANESH TIWARYIndependent · IND500.0%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–RJD swing
−16.6%
BJP share
40.7% → 54.9%
RJD share
0.0% → 30.9%
Turnout
— → —
205. Masaurhi207. Patna Central
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