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239. Rafiganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

BR-RAFIGANJ

SAP 34.3%won by 10.6%RJD 23.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Samajwadi Andolan Party (SAP), which now leads by 10.6%.

  • SAP vote shareSAP went from 11.8% to 34.3% of the vote here (+22.5%).
  • New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 23.7% — it did not contest here in 1995.

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
96,058
Margin
10,194
10.61%

Candidates

14 contested · winner SAP
  1. 1SUSHIL KUMAR SINGHSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP32,91834.3%
  2. 2MD. NEHALUDINRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD22,72423.7%
  3. 3DEO NARAYAN SINGHIndependent · IND10,95211.4%
  4. 4RAM CHANDRA SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI9,1049.5%
  5. 5IFTEKHAR AHMEDIndependent · IND6,4826.7%
  6. 6SADANAND PRASADBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5,4835.7%
  7. 7THAKUR SANJAY KUMAR SINGH CHOUHANIndian National Congress · INC2,6612.8%
  8. 8KRISHNA BALLABH KUMAR SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,9452.0%
  9. 9KASHI MAHTOSanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD1,4631.5%
  10. 10RAMANUJ SINGHIndependent · IND7750.8%
  11. 11MOKHTAR HASANBJCR · BJCR5130.5%
  12. 12DEO SAKAL SINGHIndependent · IND4740.5%
  13. 13AFAQUE AHMAD KHANJanata Dal (United) · JDU3430.4%
  14. 14AZIM MIYANIndependent · IND2210.2%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
SAPflipped
SAP–RJD swing
−1.2%
SAP share
11.8% → 34.3%
RJD share
0.0% → 23.7%
Turnout
— → —
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