Constituency
173. Rajgir
Community mirrorBihar · Bihar Assembly Election, 2010
BR-RAJGIR
BJP 49.8%won by 26.5%LJP 23.3%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.0% to 26.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2000 and 2010 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerLoktantrik Janshakti Party (LJP) finished second with 23.3% — it did not contest here in 2000.
- Safe seatBharatiya Janata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,28,900
Turnout
44.5%
Valid votes
1,01,803
Margin
26,951
26.47%
Candidates
15 contested · winner BJP- 1SATYADEO NARAIN ARYABharatiya Janata Party · BJP50,64849.8%
- 2DHANANJAY KUMARLoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP23,69723.3%
- 3MONI DEVIIndian National Congress · INC6,5996.5%
- 4BECHAN PASWANCommunist Party of India · CPI4,7134.6%
- 5HIRA LAL CHOUDHARIBIP · BIP2,9452.9%
- 6RAMTIRTH PASWANIndependent · IND2,8952.8%
- 7JAYANANDAN KUMAR PASWANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,1362.1%
- 8MUKESH PASWANIndependent · IND1,7441.7%
- 9PINKI DEVIIndependent · IND1,6751.6%
- 10KISMAT RAMJMBP · JMBP1,1311.1%
- 11ARUN KUMAR CHAUDHRYIndependent · IND9911.0%
- 12YOGENDRA PASWANLM · LM7840.8%
- 13BALESHWAR PASWANSamajwadi Party · SP7500.7%
- 14JAY RAM MANGHIJPS · JPS6240.6%
- 15JAY RAM PASWANJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS4710.5%
Since 2000
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2000 and 2010. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–LJP swing
- −16.5%
- BJP share
- 43.0% → 49.8%
- LJP share
- 0.0% → 23.3%
- Turnout
- — → 44.5%