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224. Rafiganj

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Bihar · Bihar Assembly Election, 2015

BR-RAFIGANJ

JDU 39.5%won by 6.0%LJP 33.5%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal (United) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.1% to 6.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerLoktantrik Janshakti Party (LJP) finished second with 33.5% — it did not contest here in 2010.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.0% between them, down from 79.1% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.6% to 52.5%.

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

Electorate
3,03,558
Turnout
52.5%
Valid votes
1,59,371
Margin
9,525
5.98%

Candidates

17 contested · winner JDU
  1. 1ASHOK KUMAR SINGHJanata Dal (United) · JDU62,89739.5%
  2. 2PRAMOD KUMAR SINGHLoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP53,37233.5%
  3. 3ALAUDDIN MOHAMMADBahujan Samaj Party · BSP11,5307.2%
  4. 4ASHOK SAWIndependent · IND5,6073.5%
  5. 5NIRAJ KUMARIndependent · IND3,6872.3%
  6. 6VISHAL KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND3,3952.1%
  7. 7AQUEEL AKHATAR ANSARIGJDS · GJDS3,2602.0%
  8. 8KASIMCommunist Party of India · CPI3,1612.0%
  9. 9TULSI YADAVIndependent · IND3,0781.9%
  10. 10None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA1,5531.0%
  11. 11ARJUN YADAVIndependent · IND1,5431.0%
  12. 12SURESH MEHTAJAPL · JAPL1,4420.9%
  13. 13USHA DEVISanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD1,2600.8%
  14. 14SURESH VISHWKARMAAHFBK · AHFBK1,2400.8%
  15. 15PRAMOD KUMARPMS · PMS8320.5%
  16. 16MANHAR GUNJANSamajwadi Party · SP7650.5%
  17. 17DHARMENDRA KUMAR SINGHBMUP · BMUP7490.5%

Since 2010

Derived
Winner then
JDU
Winner now
JDU
JDU–LJP swing
−43.6%
JDU share
49.6% → 39.5%
LJP share
0.0% → 33.5%
Turnout
47.9% → 52.5%
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