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94. Muzaffarpur

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Bihar · Bihar Assembly Election, 2015

BR-MUZAFFARPUR

BJP 55.1%won by 17.2%JDU 38.0%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 38.1% to 17.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerJanata Dal (United) (JDU) finished second with 38.0% — it did not contest here in 2010.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.1% of the vote between them, up from 80.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 6.3% to 58.2%.

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

Electorate
2,97,952
Turnout
58.2%
Valid votes
1,73,389
Margin
29,739
17.15%

Candidates

21 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1SURESH KUMAR SHARMABharatiya Janata Party · BJP95,59455.1%
  2. 2BIJENDRA CHAUDHARYJanata Dal (United) · JDU65,85538.0%
  3. 3SAYED MAJID HUSSAINSamajwadi Party · SP1,7191.0%
  4. 4SURAJ KUMAR SINGHCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL1,3560.8%
  5. 5AJAY KUMARLAD · LAD1,2260.7%
  6. 6ANAND MAHTOIndependent · IND1,0380.6%
  7. 7DHANWANTI DEVIIndependent · IND1,0070.6%
  8. 8ANAND KUMAR MAHTOBahujan Samaj Party · BSP9080.5%
  9. 9None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA8000.5%
  10. 10RAMDHANI MAHTOIndependent · IND6430.4%
  11. 11SHIVNATH SAHBJKVP · BJKVP4650.3%
  12. 12DEVANAND SINGHIndependent · IND4130.2%
  13. 13SURENDRA KUMAR SHARMAIndependent · IND3400.2%
  14. 14PRIYA RANJANSKLP · SKLP3040.2%
  15. 15RAMESH KUMAR DIPUGJDS · GJDS2880.2%
  16. 16AMAN KUMARNJPI · NJPI2690.2%
  17. 17MANOJ KUMAR YADAVGAAP · GAAP2640.2%
  18. 18RAVI RANJANRSMD · RSMD2370.1%
  19. 19BIRJU KUMAR SAHBMUP · BMUP2360.1%
  20. 20AVINASH KUMARAAHPTY · AAHPTY2270.1%
  21. 21ALOK KUMARBHASP · BHASP2000.1%

Since 2010

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–JDU swing
−42.2%
BJP share
59.4% → 55.1%
JDU share
0.0% → 38.0%
Turnout
51.9% → 58.2%
93. Kurhani95. Kanti
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