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209. Kargahar

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Bihar · Bihar Assembly Election, 2015

BR-KARGAHAR

JDU 32.1%won by 7.3%BLSP 24.8%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal (United) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.8% to 7.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerBharat Lok Sewak Party (BLSP) finished second with 24.8% — it did not contest here in 2010.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 56.9% between them, down from 63.6% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
2,97,018
Turnout
59.8%
Valid votes
1,77,750
Margin
12,907
7.26%

Candidates

19 contested · winner JDU
  1. 1BASHISHT SINGHJanata Dal (United) · JDU57,01832.1%
  2. 2BIRENDRA KUMAR SINGHBharat Lok Sewak Party · BLSP44,11124.8%
  3. 3ALOK KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND27,45415.4%
  4. 4MD. SHAMIM SHAHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP23,67713.3%
  5. 5RAM DHANI SINGHSamajwadi Party · SP6,1213.4%
  6. 6SHASHIKANT TIWARIShiv Sena · SHS2,9961.7%
  7. 7NEERAJ SHUKLAIndependent · IND2,7651.6%
  8. 8SHIV SHANKAR SINGHIndependent · IND2,4221.4%
  9. 9PANKAJ KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1,7401.0%
  10. 10MAHENDRA PRASAD GUPTACommunist Party of India · CPI1,5870.9%
  11. 11None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA1,4910.8%
  12. 12DEENANATH PRASADIndependent · IND1,3870.8%
  13. 13RUBY DEVIRSWD · RSWD1,2540.7%
  14. 14JANAKI BHAGATIndependent · IND1,1940.7%
  15. 15RAM AVTAR GUPTAJPS · JPS6860.4%
  16. 16AKHILESH RAIMAJP · MAJP6020.3%
  17. 17MD. DILBAS ANSARIIndependent · IND5650.3%
  18. 18RAMA PRSAD SINGHBMUP · BMUP4530.3%
  19. 19DEV BRAT ARYAApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD2270.1%

Since 2010

Derived
Winner then
JDU
Winner now
JDU
JDU–BLSP swing
−28.9%
JDU share
36.2% → 32.1%
BLSP share
0.0% → 24.8%
Turnout
57.9% → 59.8%
208. Sasaram210. Dinara
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