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289. Potka

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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

BR-POTKA

BJP 29.6%won by 8.7%JMM 20.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 8.7%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 19.4% to 29.6% of the vote here (+10.1%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 50.4% of the vote between them, up from 45.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,01,874
Margin
8,897
8.73%

Candidates

12 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1MENKA SARDARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP30,13229.6%
  2. 2KRISHNA MARDIJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM21,23520.8%
  3. 3SURYA SINGH BESRAIndependent · IND20,42120.0%
  4. 4HARI RAM SARDARIndian National Congress · INC16,68316.4%
  5. 5GUNADHAR SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI4,1344.1%
  6. 6AASTIK SARDARRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD4,1274.1%
  7. 7BABULAL MURMUSamajwadi Party · SP2,1962.2%
  8. 8LAXMAN MURMUIndependent · IND1,0401.0%
  9. 9SALUKA TIUIndependent · IND7790.8%
  10. 10LAXMAN KISKUJan Kalyan Party · JKP5630.6%
  11. 11HIKIM CHANDRA TUDUBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3530.3%
  12. 12AMULYA SINGHIndependent · IND2110.2%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
JMM
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–JMM swing
+13.9%
BJP share
19.4% → 29.6%
JMM share
24.6% → 20.8%
Turnout
— → —
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