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112. Maharajganj

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Bihar · Bihar Assembly Election, 2015

BR-MAHARAJGANJ

JDU 45.5%won by 13.5%BJP 32.0%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal (United) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.0% to 13.5%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 32.0% — it did not contest here in 2010.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.5% of the vote between them, up from 54.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.1% to 54.3%.

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

Electorate
2,76,952
Turnout
54.3%
Valid votes
1,50,439
Margin
20,292
13.49%

Candidates

18 contested · winner JDU
  1. 1HEM NARAYAN SAHJanata Dal (United) · JDU68,45945.5%
  2. 2KUMAR DEO RANJAN SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP48,16732.0%
  3. 3SATYENDRA KUMAR GANDHIJDR · JDR5,7433.8%
  4. 4MANORANJAN KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND4,8643.2%
  5. 5MUNSHI SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,9092.6%
  6. 6RABINDRA RAYIndependent · IND3,1082.1%
  7. 7BISHAWANATH YADEOJAPL · JAPL2,0541.4%
  8. 8RAJENDRA SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI2,0491.4%
  9. 9OM PRAKASH SHARMAIndependent · IND1,9741.3%
  10. 10None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA1,6711.1%
  11. 11ATISH SINGHBHASP · BHASP1,5491.0%
  12. 12NAGMANI SINGHRYP · RYP1,2640.8%
  13. 13TANWEER AHMAD KHANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,2560.8%
  14. 14DILIP KUMAR BHARTIIndependent · IND1,2450.8%
  15. 15OM PRAKASH SINGHBNSKP · BNSKP1,1030.7%
  16. 16GOVIND NARAYAN SINGHIndependent · IND8100.5%
  17. 17MD.KALAMGJDS · GJDS6250.4%
  18. 18NAYAN PRASADBKKMP · BKKMP5890.4%

Since 2010

Derived
Winner then
JDU
Winner now
JDU
JDU–BJP swing
−22.7%
JDU share
36.2% → 45.5%
BJP share
0.0% → 32.0%
Turnout
51.2% → 54.3%
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