Election
Constituency

105. Siwan

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Bihar · Bihar Assembly Election, 2015

BR-SIWAN

BJP 35.0%won by 2.2%JDU 32.8%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.7% to 2.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerJanata Dal (United) (JDU) finished second with 32.8% — it did not contest here in 2010.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.8% between them, down from 77.7% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.7% to 56.1%.

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

Electorate
2,80,805
Turnout
56.1%
Valid votes
1,57,489
Margin
3,534
2.24%

Since 2010

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPJDU swing
−42.0%
BJP share
44.2% 35.0%
JDU share
0.0% 32.8%
Turnout
51.4% 56.1%