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225. Karakat

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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

BR-KARAKAT

CPIMLL 33.1%won by 7.4%RJD 25.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Cpi(M (L)L) (CPIMLL), which now leads by 7.4%.

  • New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 25.7% — it did not contest here in 1995.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.8% between them, down from 67.3% — the field split more ways.

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
1,18,528
Margin
8,788
7.41%

Candidates

16 contested · winner CPIMLL
  1. 1ARUN SINGHCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL39,25433.1%
  2. 2TULSI SINGHRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD30,46625.7%
  3. 3VIMAL SINGHIndependent · IND15,37213.0%
  4. 4RAJESHWAR RAJSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP12,67310.7%
  5. 5TRIVUWAN SINGHBPSP · BPSP7,7346.5%
  6. 6BALIRAM MISHRAIndependent · IND6,1245.2%
  7. 7SANTOSH UPADHYAYIndian National Congress · INC3,0172.5%
  8. 8AJAY KUMAR GUPTABahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,6031.4%
  9. 9ASHOK KUMARIndependent · IND7470.6%
  10. 10SAJID BEGIndependent · IND5280.4%
  11. 11GORAKH NATH SINGHNationalist Congress Party · NCP3770.3%
  12. 12SHEO SHANKER DWIWEDIAJBP · AJBP2020.2%
  13. 13KAMLESH CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND1560.1%
  14. 14RAM SISASAN SINGHIndependent · IND1030.1%
  15. 15SATYENDRA DIWEDIBJCR · BJCR930.1%
  16. 16BANARSI PRASADIndependent · IND790.1%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
CPIMLLflipped
CPIMLL–RJD swing
−23.1%
CPIMLL share
30.5% → 33.1%
RJD share
0.0% → 25.7%
Turnout
— → —
224. Sahar226. Bikramganj
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