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213. Paliganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

BR-PALIGANJ

RJD 44.5%won by 25.1%BJP 19.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which now leads by 25.1%.

  • RJD vote shareRJD went from 0.0% to 44.5% of the vote here (+44.5%).
  • Safe seatRashtriya Janata Dal 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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Valid votes
1,44,728
Margin
36,337
25.11%

Candidates

18 contested · winner RJD
  1. 1DINANATH SINGHRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD64,37644.5%
  2. 2JANARDAN SHARMABharatiya Janata Party · BJP28,03919.4%
  3. 3DR. ASHOK KUMAR VERMASamajwadi Party · SP27,07418.7%
  4. 4KRISHNA-DEO YADAVCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL15,93711.0%
  5. 5IRSHAD HUSSAINIndian National Congress · INC3,0512.1%
  6. 6SHYAM NANDAN SHARMAIndependent · IND2,1381.5%
  7. 7SATYENDRA KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1,8541.3%
  8. 8MUNDRIKA PANDITIndependent · IND9010.6%
  9. 9WIRENDRA KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND2770.2%
  10. 10ASHOK SINGHNationalist Congress Party · NCP2560.2%
  11. 11WIMAL SINGHShiv Sena · SHS2040.1%
  12. 12RABINDRA RANJANAJBP · AJBP1520.1%
  13. 13BRAJESH KUMAR PD.Independent · IND960.1%
  14. 14BIJESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND860.1%
  15. 15WARTI DEVIBHJVP · BHJVP820.1%
  16. 16SANT KUMAR SINGHSanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD810.1%
  17. 17CHUN MUN SINGHRashtriya Lok Dal · RLD720.0%
  18. 18DOMAN YADAVIndependent · IND520.0%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
RJDflipped
RJD–BJP swing
+48.7%
RJD share
0.0% → 44.5%
BJP share
23.6% → 19.4%
Turnout
— → —
212. Bikram214. Sandesh
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