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231. Chainpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

BR-CHAINPUR

BSP 25.3%won by 4.8%IND 20.6%

What changed here

Derived

Bahujan Samaj Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.9% to 4.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Independent (IND).

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

Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,06,839
Margin
5,102
4.78%

Candidates

16 contested · winner BSP
  1. 1MAHABALI SINGHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP27,07725.3%
  2. 2KISHORE PRASADIndependent · IND21,97520.6%
  3. 3BIRENDRA SINGHSamajwadi Party · SP13,98813.1%
  4. 4AMBIKA SINGHRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD13,43012.6%
  5. 5ABSAR HUSSAIN KHANIndependent · IND11,94111.2%
  6. 6KAMALA SINGHBPSP · BPSP3,4183.2%
  7. 7DEV NATH SAHIndependent · IND2,7722.6%
  8. 8RAM EKWAL SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,6782.5%
  9. 9SOMARU KEWATIndependent · IND2,3732.2%
  10. 10HARIDWAR SINGHIndependent · IND1,4541.4%
  11. 11GAYATRI RAMIndependent · IND1,0661.0%
  12. 12CHANDRIKA PASWANIndependent · IND1,0421.0%
  13. 13PURNWASI RAMCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL1,0151.0%
  14. 14BIDYADHAR SINGHSanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD9620.9%
  15. 15DILIP SINGHIndian National Congress · INC8900.8%
  16. 16PARMANAND CHAUBEYAJBP · AJBP7580.7%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BSP
Winner now
BSP
BSP–IND swing
−20.9%
BSP share
28.7% → 25.3%
IND share
3.0% → 20.6%
Turnout
— → —
230. Bhabhua232. Sasaram
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