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308. Kanke

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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

BR-KANKE

BJP 46.2%won by 19.1%RJD 27.1%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.2% to 19.1%.

  • New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 27.1% — it did not contest here in 1995.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 73.2% of the vote between them, up from 60.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
90,937
Margin
17,391
19.12%

Candidates

9 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1RAM CHANDRA NAYAKBharatiya Janata Party · BJP41,99446.2%
  2. 2SAMRI LALRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD24,60327.1%
  3. 3VIKRAM JAI KISHOREIndian National Congress · INC11,67912.8%
  4. 4VINDHYACHAL RAMJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM4,3724.8%
  5. 5HARI RAMNationalist Congress Party · NCP4,1874.6%
  6. 6CHUNI LAL NAYAKCommunist Party of India · CPI2,3142.5%
  7. 7SARJEEV MIRDHASamajwadi Party · SP6490.7%
  8. 8CHANDRIKA PRASAD PASWANIndependent · IND5740.6%
  9. 9RAMCHANDRA RAMIndependent · IND5650.6%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–RJD swing
−16.0%
BJP share
35.1% → 46.2%
RJD share
0.0% → 27.1%
Turnout
— → —
307. Hatia309. Mandar
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