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Constituency

208. Patna East

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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

BR-PATNA-EAST

BJP 54.1%won by 26.1%RJD 28.1%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.5% to 26.1%.

  • New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 28.1% — it did not contest here in 1995.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.2% of the vote between them, up from 65.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,20,777
Margin
31,492
26.07%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPRJD swing
−9.5%
BJP share
35.6% 54.1%
RJD share
0.0% 28.1%
Turnout