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216. Jahanabad

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Bihar · Bihar Assembly Election, 2015

BR-JAHANABAD

RJD 50.9%won by 20.2%BLSP 30.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (United) (JDU) lost it to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which now leads by 20.2%.

  • RJD vote shareRJD went from 24.4% to 50.9% of the vote here (+26.5%).
  • New challengerBharat Lok Sewak Party (BLSP) finished second with 30.7% — it did not contest here in 2010.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.6% of the vote between them, up from 56.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.4% to 55.2%.

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

Electorate
2,72,344
Turnout
55.2%
Valid votes
1,50,314
Margin
30,321
20.17%

Candidates

13 contested · winner RJD
  1. 1MUNDRIKA SINGH YADAVRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD76,45850.9%
  2. 2PRAVEEN KUMARBharat Lok Sewak Party · BLSP46,13730.7%
  3. 3SANTOSH KESHARICpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL6,7164.5%
  4. 4None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA5,6483.8%
  5. 5GOPAL SHARMAIndependent · IND3,0652.0%
  6. 6BAJRANGI YADAVIndependent · IND2,1711.4%
  7. 7ARVIND KUMAR RAYBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,0841.4%
  8. 8SANJAY KUMARShiv Sena · SHS1,9061.3%
  9. 9MANISH KUMAR MISHRAIndependent · IND1,5971.1%
  10. 10EJAZ AHAMDJAPL · JAPL1,5661.0%
  11. 11MAHESH KUMARIndependent · IND1,3020.9%
  12. 12DHANANJAY KUMARAkhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha · ABHM9820.7%
  13. 13AWAIS AMBERNationalist Congress Party · NCP6820.5%

Since 2010

Derived
Winner then
JDU
Winner now
RJDflipped
RJD–BLSP swing
−4.2%
RJD share
24.4% → 50.9%
BLSP share
0.0% → 30.7%
Turnout
49.8% → 55.2%
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