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288. Ghatsila

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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

BR-GHATSILA

INC 49.3%won by 31.0%BJP 18.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.4% to 31.0%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 67.6% of the vote between them, up from 56.4% — 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
1,02,701
Margin
31,876
31.04%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PRADEEP KUMAR BALMUCHUIndian National Congress · INC50,64549.3%
  2. 2BAIJU MURMUBharatiya Janata Party · BJP18,76918.3%
  3. 3BABLU MURMUCommunist Party of India · CPI16,35315.9%
  4. 4SHANKAR CHAND HEMBRAMJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM9,8919.6%
  5. 5KANHU SAMANTJKPP · JKPP2,7772.7%
  6. 6JAIPAL MANJHIRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD2,5632.5%
  7. 7SITA RAM TUDUIndependent · IND1,5831.5%
  8. 8SUNIL MURMUIndependent · IND1200.1%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
+3.5%
INC share
34.9% → 49.3%
BJP share
7.3% → 18.3%
Turnout
— → —
287. Baharagora289. Potka
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