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168. Lakhisarai

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Bihar · Bihar Assembly Election, 2015

BR-LAKHISARAI

BJP 40.8%won by 3.5%JDU 37.3%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 41.0% to 3.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerJanata Dal (United) (JDU) finished second with 37.3% — it did not contest here in 2010.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.1% of the vote between them, up from 67.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.0% to 54.3%.

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

Electorate
3,42,838
Turnout
54.3%
Valid votes
1,86,060
Margin
6,556
3.52%

Candidates

12 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1VIJAY KUMAR SINHABharatiya Janata Party · BJP75,90140.8%
  2. 2RAMANAND MANDALJanata Dal (United) · JDU69,34537.3%
  3. 3RAM PUKAR MANDALShiv Sena · SHS11,5516.2%
  4. 4SUJEET KUMARIndependent · IND8,1124.4%
  5. 5MOTI SAWCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,5362.4%
  6. 6None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA4,3862.4%
  7. 7RAMASHISH KUMARSamajwadi Party · SP3,0341.6%
  8. 8RENU DEVIIndependent · IND2,6891.4%
  9. 9MANOJ KUMARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,0521.1%
  10. 10RANJEET RAMAJPR · AJPR1,9061.0%
  11. 11ASHISH AMARBMUP · BMUP1,5440.8%
  12. 12RAVIKAR KUMARLD · LD1,0040.5%

Since 2010

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–JDU swing
−50.5%
BJP share
54.0% → 40.8%
JDU share
0.0% → 37.3%
Turnout
49.3% → 54.3%
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