Constituency
242. Jhajha
Community mirrorBihar · Bihar Assembly Election, 2010
BR-JHAJHA
JDU 38.7%won by 8.2%RJD 30.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Samajwadi Andolan Party (SAP) lost it to Janata Dal (United) (JDU), which now leads by 8.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2000 and 2010 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JDU vote shareJDU went from 0.0% to 38.7% of the vote here (+38.7%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 69.3% of the vote between them, up from 57.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,40,437
Turnout
51.6%
Valid votes
1,24,110
Margin
10,204
8.22%
Candidates
18 contested · winner JDU- 1DAMODAR RAWATJanata Dal (United) · JDU48,08038.7%
- 2BINOD PRASAD YADAVRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD37,87630.5%
- 3AABID KAUSERJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM8,7367.0%
- 4MOHAMMAD IRFANIndian National Congress · INC8,2866.7%
- 5RAJEEV KUMAR YADAVIndependent · IND4,4303.6%
- 6BALKRISHN PANDITIndependent · IND3,0662.5%
- 7SHANKAR PRASADBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,9272.4%
- 8KAPILDEV RAVIDASSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP1,7811.4%
- 9ASHOK SAOLTSD · LTSD1,6641.3%
- 10CHANDRIKA KUMARIndependent · IND1,4751.2%
- 11SURYAVASTIndependent · IND9680.8%
- 12RAJENDRA PRASADSamajwadi Party · SP9470.8%
- 13KAILASH GOSAILKSE · LKSE7720.6%
- 14SAYED AFAQUE ALAM JAJBIRWS · RWS7700.6%
- 15PRADIP SINGHSMBHP · SMBHP6070.5%
- 16PERMESHWAR YADAVIndependent · IND6040.5%
- 17DEONANDAN BESRAJVM · JVM5800.5%
- 18KUNDAN KUMAR MATHURILSSP · LSSP5410.4%
Since 2000
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2000 and 2010. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SAP
- Winner now
- JDUflipped
- JDU–RJD swing
- +36.3%
- JDU share
- 0.0% → 38.7%
- RJD share
- 28.0% → 30.5%
- Turnout
- — → 51.6%