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247. Belaganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

BR-BELAGANJ

RJD 48.5%won by 17.8%BJP 30.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which now leads by 17.8%.

  • RJD vote shareRJD went from 0.0% to 48.5% of the vote here (+48.5%).
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 30.7% — it polled just 1.5% in 1995.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.2% between them, down from 90.7% — the field split more ways.

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
1,27,456
Margin
22,734
17.84%

Candidates

13 contested · winner RJD
  1. 1SURENDRA PRASAD YADAVRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD61,84048.5%
  2. 2KRISHAN KUMAR SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP39,10630.7%
  3. 3RAJ BALLABH PRASADIndependent · IND18,56614.6%
  4. 4VIJAY PRASADCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL2,9872.3%
  5. 5JAI RAM SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC1,7731.4%
  6. 6MOINUDDINSamajwadi Party · SP8050.6%
  7. 7MD. USMANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP7250.6%
  8. 8NARESH YADAVIndependent · IND5930.5%
  9. 9RAJ KUMAR MANJHIIndependent · IND5350.4%
  10. 10ASHOK SHARMAIndependent · IND2080.2%
  11. 11ANIL KUMARSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP1310.1%
  12. 12ASHOK KUMARIndependent · IND1030.1%
  13. 13GHANSHYAM PRASAD YADAVIndependent · IND840.1%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
RJDflipped
RJD–BJP swing
+19.3%
RJD share
0.0% → 48.5%
BJP share
1.5% → 30.7%
Turnout
— → —
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