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207. Patna Central

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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

BR-PATNA-CENTRAL

BJP 61.5%won by 47.3%RJD 14.2%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 26.2% to 47.3%.

  • New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 14.2% — it did not contest here in 1995.
  • Safe seatBharatiya Janata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
1,39,654
Margin
66,069
47.31%

Candidates

20 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1SUSHIL KUMAR MODIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP85,83261.5%
  2. 2KANCHANWALARashtriya Janata Dal · RJD19,76314.2%
  3. 3AQUIL HAIDERNationalist Congress Party · NCP13,2729.5%
  4. 4MAHMOOD ALAMIndian National Congress · INC7,4715.3%
  5. 5RAJEEV RANJAN PRASADShiv Sena · SHS4,6573.3%
  6. 6NAGINA PRASAD YADAVCommunist Party of India · CPI2,7231.9%
  7. 7KALIM INAMIndependent · IND2,5441.8%
  8. 8ATISH KUMARIndependent · IND8350.6%
  9. 9RAMANAND RAIIndependent · IND6230.4%
  10. 10NAIM AKHTARIndian Union Muslim League · IUML4580.3%
  11. 11SUMAN KR. MALLICKAJBP · AJBP3930.3%
  12. 12VARUN KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND3150.2%
  13. 13HASSAN MANJOOR HASHMIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2170.2%
  14. 14MUKUL KR. SHARANSamajwadi Party · SP2160.2%
  15. 15LAL BAHADUR SINGHApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD1230.1%
  16. 16PANNA LAL GUPTAIndependent · IND610.0%
  17. 17RAJESH SHANKAR SINHAIndependent · IND490.0%
  18. 18ABHAY KUMARIndependent · IND460.0%
  19. 19MD. RASHIDIndependent · IND350.0%
  20. 20RAVINDRA KUMAR SINHAIndependent · IND210.0%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–RJD swing
−5.0%
BJP share
52.3% → 61.5%
RJD share
0.0% → 14.2%
Turnout
— → —
206. Patna West208. Patna East
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