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275. Giridih

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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

BR-GIRIDIH

BJP 27.7%won by 1.1%RJD 26.6%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 5.9% to 1.1%.

  • New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 26.6% — it did not contest here in 1995.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 54.3% of the vote between them, up from 45.8% — 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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not in source
Valid votes
89,230
Margin
1,025
1.15%

Candidates

12 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1CHANDRA MOHAN PRASADBharatiya Janata Party · BJP24,72227.7%
  2. 2NIRBHAY KUMARRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD23,69726.6%
  3. 3JYOTINDRA PRASADIndian National Congress · INC14,80416.6%
  4. 4IRSHAD AHMADJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM12,06913.5%
  5. 5JAGESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND5,4096.1%
  6. 6OMI LAL AZADCommunist Party of India · CPI3,1973.6%
  7. 7SHUNIL KUMARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,5061.7%
  8. 8MUKTESHWAR PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND1,4131.6%
  9. 9SURESH RAMIndependent · IND1,1921.3%
  10. 10NAGESHWAR DASSIndependent · IND7320.8%
  11. 11BHUSHAN DASSJan Kalyan Party · JKP3240.4%
  12. 12NARJUN RAMIndependent · IND1650.2%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–RJD swing
−24.7%
BJP share
25.9% → 27.7%
RJD share
0.0% → 26.6%
Turnout
— → —
274. Gandey276. Dumri
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