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263. Barhi

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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

BR-BARHI

INC 67.3%won by 48.7%BJP 18.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 25.8% to 48.7%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.8% of the vote between them, up from 58.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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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not in source
Valid votes
1,07,720
Margin
52,460
48.70%

Candidates

11 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MANOJ KUMAR YADAVIndian National Congress · INC72,44367.3%
  2. 2MAHAVEER SAHUBharatiya Janata Party · BJP19,98318.6%
  3. 3KRISHNA KUMARCommunist Party of India · CPI5,8785.5%
  4. 4UMASHANKAR AKELAIndependent · IND3,7503.5%
  5. 5BASUDEO PASWANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,1292.0%
  6. 6GIRDHARI LAL YADAVRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD1,7201.6%
  7. 7SANTOSH SAHAYJKPP · JKPP5620.5%
  8. 8PRABHU NARAYAN SINGHNationalist Congress Party · NCP4750.4%
  9. 9GULAM GAUSIndependent · IND3010.3%
  10. 10DILIP KUMAR JAISWALIndependent · IND2580.2%
  11. 11BABULAL RAMIndependent · IND2210.2%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
+22.9%
INC share
42.3% → 67.3%
BJP share
16.5% → 18.6%
Turnout
— → —
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