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323. Chhatarpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

BR-CHHATARPUR

RJD 30.5%won by 9.0%JDU 21.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which now leads by 9.0%.

  • RJD vote shareRJD went from 0.0% to 30.5% of the vote here (+30.5%).
  • New challengerJanata Dal (United) (JDU) finished second with 21.5% — it did not contest here in 1995.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 51.9% between them, down from 67.5% — the field split more ways.

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
68,475
Margin
6,165
9.00%

Candidates

14 contested · winner RJD
  1. 1MANOJ KUMARRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD20,86430.5%
  2. 2SUMITRA PASWANJanata Dal (United) · JDU14,69921.5%
  3. 3RADHA KRISHNA KISHORIndian National Congress · INC14,03820.5%
  4. 4SHATRUGHAN KUMAR SHATRUBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5,1717.6%
  5. 5GANESH RAMJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM2,8554.2%
  6. 6JAGADISH RANCommunist Party of India · CPI2,7464.0%
  7. 7JAWAHAR PASWANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,6762.4%
  8. 8BAIJNATH RAM GOPISamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP1,6662.4%
  9. 9RAM NARESH RAMIndependent · IND1,5122.2%
  10. 10SUDHA CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND1,2231.8%
  11. 11BHOLA PASWANNationalist Congress Party · NCP5770.8%
  12. 12LALU RAMIndependent · IND4900.7%
  13. 13SARASWATI DEVIIndependent · IND4800.7%
  14. 14SACHIDANADIndependent · IND4780.7%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
RJDflipped
RJD–JDU swing
+9.0%
RJD share
0.0% → 30.5%
JDU share
0.0% → 21.5%
Turnout
— → —
322. Bishrampur324. Hussainabad
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