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157. Sultanganj

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Bihar · Bihar Assembly Election, 2015

BR-SULTANGANJ

JDU 40.9%won by 9.1%BLSP 31.9%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal (United) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.9% to 9.1%.

  • New challengerBharat Lok Sewak Party (BLSP) finished second with 31.9% — it did not contest here in 2010.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 72.8% of the vote between them, up from 52.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.2% to 50.0%.

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

Electorate
3,09,131
Turnout
50.0%
Valid votes
1,54,726
Margin
14,033
9.07%

Candidates

13 contested · winner JDU
  1. 1SUBODH ROYJanata Dal (United) · JDU63,34540.9%
  2. 2HIMANSHU PRASADBharat Lok Sewak Party · BLSP49,31231.9%
  3. 3LALAN KUMARIndependent · IND14,0739.1%
  4. 4None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA8,1655.3%
  5. 5RAKESH KUMAR SAHIndependent · IND4,0412.6%
  6. 6CHAKRAPANI HIMANSHUJAPL · JAPL3,1862.1%
  7. 7DR. DINESH CHANDRA DIWAKARCommunist Party of India · CPI2,7321.8%
  8. 8GOBIND BHAIYABahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,1401.4%
  9. 9AMAR JEET KUMAR SINGHSamajwadi Party · SP1,9141.2%
  10. 10KIRAN MISHRAIndependent · IND1,8841.2%
  11. 11ARUN KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1,8431.2%
  12. 12SUMAN KUMARSKLP · SKLP1,2030.8%
  13. 13RUMEE KHANBMUP · BMUP8880.6%

Since 2010

Derived
Winner then
JDU
Winner now
JDU
JDU–BLSP swing
−19.0%
JDU share
28.0% → 40.9%
BLSP share
0.0% → 31.9%
Turnout
46.9% → 50.0%
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