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20. Barkatha

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Jharkhand Assembly Election, 2009

JH-BARKATHA

BJP 27.8%won by 6.6%JVM 21.2%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.5% to 6.6%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2005 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • New challengerJVM (JVM) finished second with 21.2% — it did not contest here in 2005.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 49.0% of the vote between them, up from 44.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,42,062
Margin
9,368
6.59%

Candidates

17 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1AMIT KUMAR YADAVBharatiya Janata Party · BJP39,48527.8%
  2. 2JANKI PR YADAVJVM · JVM30,11721.2%
  3. 3DIGAMBAR KU. MEHTASamajwadi Party · SP21,11914.9%
  4. 4JAI SHANKAR PATHAKIndian National Congress · INC11,4938.1%
  5. 5KAMAL NAYAN SINGHJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM9,7696.9%
  6. 6BHUVNESHWAR PRASADCommunist Party of India · CPI7,3215.2%
  7. 7RAM KISHOR MEHTAIndependent · IND5,1273.6%
  8. 8BASUDEO YADAVCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL3,1122.2%
  9. 9ASHOK KAPARDARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,5331.8%
  10. 10MAHENDRA DASIndependent · IND2,3481.7%
  11. 11RAMSWARUP SINGHIndependent · IND1,8691.3%
  12. 12PRAMILA WARNWALAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC1,7681.2%
  13. 13FAIYAZ KHANAJSUP · AJSUP1,6231.1%
  14. 14BHIM GOSWAMIIndependent · IND1,3541.0%
  15. 15PRABIL MEHTAIndependent · IND1,0820.8%
  16. 16NEMDHARI MAHTOIndependent · IND1,0640.7%
  17. 17SAMIM KHANBSA · BSA8780.6%

Since 2005

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 2005 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–JVM swing
−17.7%
BJP share
24.3% → 27.8%
JVM share
0.0% → 21.2%
Turnout
— → —
19. Kodarma21. Barhi
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