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240. Obra

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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

BR-OBRA

CPIMLL 32.5%won by 11.2%RJD 21.3%

What changed here

Derived

Cpi(M (L)L) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.4% to 11.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 21.3% — it did not contest here in 1995.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 53.8% between them, down from 64.8% — 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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Valid votes
1,15,918
Margin
12,966
11.19%

Candidates

13 contested · winner CPIMLL
  1. 1RAJA RAM SINGHCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL37,65032.5%
  2. 2RAM NARESH SINGHRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD24,68421.3%
  3. 3RAM BILASH SINGHIndependent · IND16,16013.9%
  4. 4CHANDESHWAR PRASADSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP16,06013.9%
  5. 5ARVIND KUMARIndian National Congress · INC13,69811.8%
  6. 6YOGENDRA KUMAR VERMABahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,1611.9%
  7. 7ASHOK KUMARBPSP · BPSP2,1441.8%
  8. 8SRINIWAS SINGHNationalist Congress Party · NCP1,4231.2%
  9. 9BABAN SINGHRashtriya Lok Dal · RLD4930.4%
  10. 10RAM LACHHAN RAMIndependent · IND4550.4%
  11. 11AJIT KUMARIndependent · IND4280.4%
  12. 12MAHENDRA RAMIndependent · IND3710.3%
  13. 13BINOD RAMIndependent · IND1910.2%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
CPIMLL
Winner now
CPIMLL
CPIMLL–RJD swing
−29.9%
CPIMLL share
41.1% → 32.5%
RJD share
0.0% → 21.3%
Turnout
— → —
239. Rafiganj241. Goh
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