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264. Chatra

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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

BR-CHATRA

BJP 45.2%won by 8.6%RJD 36.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 8.6%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 26.0% to 45.2% of the vote here (+19.2%).
  • New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 36.6% — it did not contest here in 1995.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.8% of the vote between them, up from 76.2% — 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
75,645
Margin
6,495
8.59%

Candidates

6 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1SATYANAND BHOKATABharatiya Janata Party · BJP34,17745.2%
  2. 2JANARDAN PASWANRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD27,68236.6%
  3. 3BADRI RAMIndian National Congress · INC9,79112.9%
  4. 4VINESH DASIndependent · IND2,9423.9%
  5. 5BHIM CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND5880.8%
  6. 6VINAY PASWANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP4650.6%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–RJD swing
−17.4%
BJP share
26.0% → 45.2%
RJD share
0.0% → 36.6%
Turnout
— → —
263. Barhi265. Simaria
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