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284. Dhanbad

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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

BR-DHANBAD

BJP 48.8%won by 27.6%RJD 21.2%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.6% to 27.6%.

  • New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 21.2% — it did not contest here in 1995.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 70.0% of the vote between them, up from 45.0% — 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
1,52,242
Margin
42,065
27.63%

Candidates

12 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1PASHUPATI NATH SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP74,33148.8%
  2. 2PRASADI SAORashtriya Janata Dal · RJD32,26621.2%
  3. 3YOGESHWAR PRASAD YOGESHIndian National Congress · INC25,47616.7%
  4. 4REKHA MANDALJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM12,7108.3%
  5. 5SURENDRA PRASAD RAINationalist Congress Party · NCP1,7951.2%
  6. 6AMARENDRA NARAYAN SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI1,6571.1%
  7. 7BISHWANATH BAGISWJP · SWJP1,3450.9%
  8. 8RAJ KUMAR SHARMABahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,3440.9%
  9. 9KALIMUDDIN KHANSamajwadi Party · SP6750.4%
  10. 10VIJAY KUMAR MAHTOIndependent · IND3130.2%
  11. 11CHHEDU PASIIndependent · IND2510.2%
  12. 12JAGDISH NARAYAN PD.Independent · IND790.1%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–RJD swing
+3.8%
BJP share
23.8% → 48.8%
RJD share
0.0% → 21.2%
Turnout
— → —
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