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179. Barh

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Bihar · Bihar Assembly Election, 2015

BR-BARH

BJP 44.4%won by 5.8%JDU 38.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (United) (JDU) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 5.8%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 0.0% to 44.4% of the vote here (+44.4%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.1% of the vote between them, up from 76.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.0% to 55.3%.

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

Electorate
2,60,453
Turnout
55.3%
Valid votes
1,43,974
Margin
8,359
5.81%

Candidates

15 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1GYANENDRA KUMAR SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP63,98944.4%
  2. 2MANOJ KUMARJanata Dal (United) · JDU55,63038.6%
  3. 3None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA3,9332.7%
  4. 4NEELU DEVIIndependent · IND3,7222.6%
  5. 5SANJAY SINGHIndependent · IND3,6492.5%
  6. 6CHAKRADHAR PRASAD SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI3,5762.5%
  7. 7SHAMBHU SINGHJAPL · JAPL2,9592.1%
  8. 8DINA SAWIndependent · IND1,5831.1%
  9. 9RAVINDRA PASWANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,5471.1%
  10. 10TRIPURARI SINGHIndependent · IND7080.5%
  11. 11GANITA DEVIIndependent · IND6210.4%
  12. 12DR. KUMAR INDRADEVIndependent · IND5940.4%
  13. 13VIKASH KUMAR SINGHRGD · RGD5170.4%
  14. 14SHSHI BHUSHAN KUMARBBMP · BBMP4880.3%
  15. 15DEVENDAR PANDIRSADP · RSADP4580.3%

Since 2010

Derived
Winner then
JDU
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–JDU swing
+52.8%
BJP share
0.0% → 44.4%
JDU share
47.0% → 38.6%
Turnout
52.3% → 55.3%
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