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234. Nokha

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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

BR-NOKHA

BJP 37.5%won by 11.3%RJD 26.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 11.3%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 15.0% to 37.5% of the vote here (+22.6%).
  • New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 26.2% — it did not contest here in 1995.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 63.7% of the vote between them, up from 49.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
1,17,154
Margin
13,294
11.35%

Candidates

20 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1RAMESHWAR PRASADBharatiya Janata Party · BJP43,95937.5%
  2. 2ANAND MOHAN SINGHRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD30,66526.2%
  3. 3PARAMANAND SINGH KUSHWAHABahujan Samaj Party · BSP12,82911.0%
  4. 4RAMJI CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND10,1698.7%
  5. 5PARAS NATH SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI6,1085.2%
  6. 6TAR CHANDRA SINGHApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD3,5243.0%
  7. 7BHARAT SINGHIndependent · IND2,9982.6%
  8. 8KUMAR MANOJ SINGHIndian National Congress · INC1,3911.2%
  9. 9KAMALESH RAIIndependent · IND9020.8%
  10. 10SUBASH CHANDRA BOSEIndependent · IND8870.8%
  11. 11BANARASI SAHIndependent · IND8100.7%
  12. 12RAM CHANDRA MISHRA `MADHUP'BJCR · BJCR7260.6%
  13. 13KESH NATH SINGHAJBP · AJBP6020.5%
  14. 14RAM AWADHESH SINGHSanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD4460.4%
  15. 15JAGANARAYAN SINGHIndependent · IND3400.3%
  16. 16SURESH SAHIndependent · IND2760.2%
  17. 17UPENDRA SINGHRashtriya Lok Dal · RLD2460.2%
  18. 18RAJESH PRASADShiv Sena · SHS1380.1%
  19. 19KAPIL DEV CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND1120.1%
  20. 20RAM PRAVESH PRASADIndependent · IND260.0%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–RJD swing
−3.6%
BJP share
15.0% → 37.5%
RJD share
0.0% → 26.2%
Turnout
— → —
233. Chenari235. Dehri
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