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230. Gaya Town

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Bihar · Bihar Assembly Election, 2015

BR-GAYA-TOWN

BJP 51.8%won by 17.7%INC 34.2%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.5% to 17.7%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.0% of the vote between them, up from 80.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.0% to 52.0%.

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

Electorate
2,48,172
Turnout
52.0%
Valid votes
1,29,090
Margin
22,789
17.65%

Candidates

17 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1PREM KUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP66,89151.8%
  2. 2PRIYA RANJANIndian National Congress · INC44,10234.2%
  3. 3RAJ KUMAR PRASAD ALIAS RAJU BARANWALIndependent · IND7,1705.6%
  4. 4MASOOD MANZARCommunist Party of India · CPI2,3631.8%
  5. 5SHASHI KISHORE SHISHUIndependent · IND2,2551.7%
  6. 6SANJAY KUMAR SRIVASTAVAIndependent · IND1,1600.9%
  7. 7MRITYUNJAY SINGHIndependent · IND7730.6%
  8. 8ABUL FARHABahujan Samaj Party · BSP6720.5%
  9. 9None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA6700.5%
  10. 10AJAY YADAVSamajwadi Party · SP5780.4%
  11. 11RANJEET PRASADBBMP · BBMP5200.4%
  12. 12SHISHUPAL KUMARSWAP · SWAP4550.4%
  13. 13RAM PARSAD GUPTARPP · RPP3700.3%
  14. 14MALTI DEVIIndependent · IND3290.3%
  15. 15VIJAY SINGHPMS · PMS3210.2%
  16. 16NARESH PRASADIndependent · IND2550.2%
  17. 17ASAD PERWEZIPTY · IPTY2060.2%

Since 2010

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
−28.8%
BJP share
53.9% → 51.8%
INC share
7.4% → 34.2%
Turnout
48.0% → 52.0%
229. Bodh Gaya231. Tikari
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