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Constituency

163. Belhar

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Bihar · Bihar Assembly Election, 2015

BR-BELHAR

JDU 44.6%won by 10.3%BJP 34.3%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal (United) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.3% to 10.3%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 34.3% — it did not contest here in 2010.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.9% of the vote between them, up from 49.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.8% to 54.4%.

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

Electorate
2,89,906
Turnout
54.4%
Valid votes
1,57,781
Margin
16,191
10.26%

Candidates

12 contested · winner JDU
  1. 1GIRIDHARI YADAVJanata Dal (United) · JDU70,34844.6%
  2. 2MANOJ YADAVBharatiya Janata Party · BJP54,15734.3%
  3. 3RAJ KISHOR PRASAD URF PAPPU YADAVJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM10,4086.6%
  4. 4None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA8,1935.2%
  5. 5NARESH KUMAR PRIYADARSHIIndependent · IND3,0071.9%
  6. 6SARYUG PANDITIndependent · IND2,9181.8%
  7. 7SHIV KUMAR SINGHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,4631.6%
  8. 8PANKAJ KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1,4340.9%
  9. 9LAKHAN LAL DEOSASAPT · SASAPT1,4220.9%
  10. 10RAVINDRA MANDALIndependent · IND1,2940.8%
  11. 11AMRIT TANTIIndependent · IND1,1590.7%
  12. 12ARJUN PALSUCI · SUCI9780.6%

Since 2010

Derived
Winner then
JDU
Winner now
JDU
JDU–BJP swing
−17.8%
JDU share
28.1% → 44.6%
BJP share
0.0% → 34.3%
Turnout
48.6% → 54.4%
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