Election
Constituency

71. Bihariganj

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Bihar · Bihar Assembly Election, 2015

BR-BIHARIGANJ

JDU 45.3%won by 16.9%BJP 28.4%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal (United) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 32.8% to 16.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 28.4% — it did not contest here in 2010.

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

Electorate
2,84,140
Turnout
60.9%
Valid votes
1,73,137
Margin
29,253
16.90%

Candidates

16 contested · winner JDU
  1. 1NIRANJAN KUMAR MEHTAJanata Dal (United) · JDU78,36145.3%
  2. 2RAVINDRA CHARAN YADAVBharatiya Janata Party · BJP49,10828.4%
  3. 3SWET KAMALJAPL · JAPL12,2187.1%
  4. 4BRAHAMCHARI VISHNU PRABHAKARIndependent · IND4,9152.8%
  5. 5NIKHIL KUMAR JHACommunist Party of India · CPI4,6532.7%
  6. 6SHANTI DEVIIndependent · IND4,3392.5%
  7. 7MANOJ KUMAR YADAVIndependent · IND4,3182.5%
  8. 8KHWAJA GULAM HUSAINIndependent · IND3,5202.0%
  9. 9None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA2,8681.7%
  10. 10PRATIBHA KUMARIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,8591.1%
  11. 11BEBI DEVIIndependent · IND1,5410.9%
  12. 12MITHILESH KUMAR MEHTAJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM1,2920.7%
  13. 13ABHAY CHANDRA JHAShiv Sena · SHS1,2870.7%
  14. 14KAMLESH MEHTAIndependent · IND1,1490.7%
  15. 15NAVIN KUMAR MEHTABVM · BVM8680.5%
  16. 16KAUSHAL KUMARBJKD · BJKD8410.5%

Since 2010

Derived
Winner then
JDU
Winner now
JDU
JDU–BJP swing
−34.9%
JDU share
51.8% → 45.3%
BJP share
0.0% → 28.4%
Turnout
60.7% → 60.9%
70. Alamnagar72. Singheshwar
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