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159. Amarpur

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Bihar · Bihar Assembly Election, 2015

BR-AMARPUR

JDU 47.9%won by 7.6%BJP 40.2%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal (United) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.5% to 7.6%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 40.2% — it did not contest here in 2010.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.1% of the vote between them, up from 66.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.9% to 55.6%.

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

Electorate
2,76,830
Turnout
55.6%
Valid votes
1,53,925
Margin
11,773
7.65%

Candidates

15 contested · winner JDU
  1. 1JANARDAN MANJHIJanata Dal (United) · JDU73,70747.9%
  2. 2MRINAL SHEKHARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP61,93440.2%
  3. 3None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA6,8184.4%
  4. 4SURENDRA PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND2,8641.9%
  5. 5SURYADEO SINGHIndependent · IND2,1341.4%
  6. 6AJAY HARIJANBDLP · BDLP1,3140.9%
  7. 7AMIT KUMAR SHEKHARCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL1,0820.7%
  8. 8SHASHI SHEKHARIndependent · IND7880.5%
  9. 9ANIL KUMAR SINGHLTSD · LTSD7390.5%
  10. 10MANOJ KUMAR AZADIndependent · IND6190.4%
  11. 11SADHANA KUMARIIndependent · IND5460.4%
  12. 12RANJEET SHARMAIndependent · IND4810.3%
  13. 13PRAVIN KUMARIndependent · IND3140.2%
  14. 14KUMARI SHYAMA PANDEYGJDS · GJDS3080.2%
  15. 15MITHILESH KUMAR SINGHSASAPT · SASAPT2770.2%

Since 2010

Derived
Winner then
JDU
Winner now
JDU
JDU–BJP swing
−33.1%
JDU share
40.8% → 47.9%
BJP share
0.0% → 40.2%
Turnout
49.7% → 55.6%
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