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243. Kurtha

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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

BR-KURTHA

RJD 39.2%won by 0.5%JDU 38.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which now leads by 0.5%.

  • RJD vote shareRJD went from 0.0% to 39.2% of the vote here (+39.2%).
  • New challengerJanata Dal (United) (JDU) finished second with 38.7% — it did not contest here in 1995.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.8% of the vote between them, up from 66.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
1,29,900
Margin
656
0.51%

Candidates

19 contested · winner RJD
  1. 1SHIV BACHAN YADAVRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD50,88839.2%
  2. 2MUNDRIKA SINGH YADAVJanata Dal (United) · JDU50,23238.7%
  3. 3MD. AKBER IMAMIndependent · IND6,6345.1%
  4. 4RAMADHAR SINGHCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL6,1984.8%
  5. 5TILESHWAR SINGH KAUSHIKSamajwadi Party · SP5,5284.3%
  6. 6RANDHIR KUMAR GAUTAMBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,4991.9%
  7. 7AJAY KUMAR SINHANationalist Congress Party · NCP1,7931.4%
  8. 8RAMOTAR SINGHIndependent · IND1,7511.3%
  9. 9CHITRANJAN PRASAD VERMACommunist Party of India · CPI1,1530.9%
  10. 10PROF. JAI RAM PD. SINGHSanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD8920.7%
  11. 11ASHOK KUMARAJBP · AJBP6280.5%
  12. 12RAM SINGHASAN SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3640.3%
  13. 13NARENDRA KUMARSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP3230.2%
  14. 14UMESH PASWANBMF · BMF3120.2%
  15. 15SHYAM DEO PRASAD YADAVIndian National Congress · INC2810.2%
  16. 16RAJENDRA PRASAD SINGHBJCR · BJCR1850.1%
  17. 17UPENDRA SINGHIndependent · IND1420.1%
  18. 18SHAYMNANDAN SINGHIndependent · IND550.0%
  19. 19JAIDEEP KUMARIndependent · IND420.0%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
RJDflipped
RJD–JDU swing
+0.5%
RJD share
0.0% → 39.2%
JDU share
0.0% → 38.7%
Turnout
— → —
242. Arwal244. Makhdumpur
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