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32. Benipatti

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Bihar · Bihar Assembly Election, 2015

BR-BENIPATTI

INC 41.5%won by 3.5%BJP 38.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.5%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 13.7% to 41.5% of the vote here (+27.9%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.5% of the vote between them, up from 50.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 7.9% to 49.6%.

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

Electorate
2,71,676
Turnout
49.6%
Valid votes
1,34,834
Margin
4,734
3.51%

Candidates

17 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BHAWANA JHAIndian National Congress · INC55,97841.5%
  2. 2VINOD NARAIN JHABharatiya Janata Party · BJP51,24438.0%
  3. 3KRIPANAND JHACommunist Party of India · CPI9,7587.2%
  4. 4VINODANAD KAMATIndependent · IND2,8252.1%
  5. 5LALAN KISHOR JHAIndependent · IND2,5801.9%
  6. 6MISHRI LAL YADAVBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,0111.5%
  7. 7RAKESH SINGHIndependent · IND1,8781.4%
  8. 8None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA1,4921.1%
  9. 9MD. AKHTAR HUSSAINSamajwadi Party · SP1,3871.0%
  10. 10LAXMI KANT JHAIndependent · IND1,1950.9%
  11. 11GANESH MISHRAIndependent · IND1,0040.7%
  12. 12KAILASH SHARMAIndependent · IND7130.5%
  13. 13DIGVIJAY NARAYAN YADAVSABP · SABP6450.5%
  14. 14GANESH PANDEYAVIRP · AVIRP5790.4%
  15. 15RAM LAKHAN RAMBAJAP · BAJAP5320.4%
  16. 16RAM NARESH THAKURVIP · VIP5210.4%
  17. 17YOGESH KUMAR SHUKLAAkhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha · ABHM4920.4%

Since 2010

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJP swing
+21.8%
INC share
13.7% → 41.5%
BJP share
31.9% → 38.0%
Turnout
41.8% → 49.6%
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