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Constituency

61. Dhamdaha

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Bihar · Bihar Assembly Election, 2015

BR-DHAMDAHA

JDU 40.2%won by 16.0%BLSP 24.2%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal (United) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.6% to 16.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerBharat Lok Sewak Party (BLSP) finished second with 24.2% — it did not contest here in 2010.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 64.3% of the vote between them, up from 57.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.5% to 65.3%.

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

Electorate
2,90,121
Turnout
65.3%
Valid votes
1,89,356
Margin
30,291
16.00%

Candidates

26 contested · winner JDU
  1. 1LESHI SINGHJanata Dal (United) · JDU76,02740.2%
  2. 2SHIV SHANKAR THAKUR ALLIAS SHANKAR AZADBharat Lok Sewak Party · BLSP45,73624.2%
  3. 3DILIP KUMAR YADAVJAPL · JAPL12,6676.7%
  4. 4None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA5,9903.2%
  5. 5MITHLESH KUMAR SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,9912.6%
  6. 6JYOTI RANIIndependent · IND4,1442.2%
  7. 7PAPPU KUMAR RANJANIndependent · IND3,9242.1%
  8. 8YOGENDRA KUMARIndependent · IND3,7762.0%
  9. 9TAHAMMUL MANSURIJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM3,6561.9%
  10. 10BIMAL ROYShiv Sena · SHS3,3781.8%
  11. 11PANKAJ KUMAR SINGHCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL2,7401.4%
  12. 12CHAND DEV PASWANIndependent · IND2,5541.3%
  13. 13SUDAMA KUMARSKLP · SKLP2,2421.2%
  14. 14TARUN KUMAR SINGHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,1321.1%
  15. 15NIRANJAN KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND2,0941.1%
  16. 16SUNIL RAYRAJPA · RAJPA1,7660.9%
  17. 17NAWALESH PATHAKIndependent · IND1,5550.8%
  18. 18LOKESH KUMARIndependent · IND1,3550.7%
  19. 19MD AFTAB ALAMJDR · JDR1,2310.7%
  20. 20SANJAY RAMIndependent · IND1,2190.6%
  21. 21YOGENDRA SINGHIndependent · IND1,2160.6%
  22. 22SUNIL KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1,1100.6%
  23. 23SHRAWAN KUMAR YADAVMVM · MVM1,0350.5%
  24. 24VINDESHWARI SHARMAIndependent · IND9840.5%
  25. 25CHARITRA RISHIIndependent · IND9420.5%
  26. 26JYOTISH KUMARLD · LD8920.5%

Since 2010

Derived
Winner then
JDU
Winner now
JDU
JDU–BLSP swing
−28.0%
JDU share
44.0% → 40.2%
BLSP share
0.0% → 24.2%
Turnout
61.8% → 65.3%
60. Rupauli62. Purnia
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