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Constituency

215. Kurtha

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Bihar · Bihar Assembly Election, 2015

BR-KURTHA

JDU 37.8%won by 12.2%BLSP 25.6%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal (United) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.3% to 12.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerBharat Lok Sewak Party (BLSP) finished second with 25.6% — it did not contest here in 2010.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.4% between them, down from 71.6% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
2,31,549
Turnout
49.9%
Valid votes
1,15,570
Margin
14,119
12.22%

Since 2010

Derived
Winner then
JDU
Winner now
JDU
JDUBLSP swing
−28.7%
JDU share
41.0% 37.8%
BLSP share
0.0% 25.6%
Turnout
48.1% 49.9%