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48. Jamshedpur East

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Jharkhand · Jharkhand Assembly Election, 2014

JH-JAMSHEDPUR-EAST

BJP 61.5%won by 41.7%INC 19.8%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 20.6% to 41.7%.

  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 19.8% — it did not contest here in 2009.
  • Safe seatBharatiya Janata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
2,76,309
Turnout
60.9%
Valid votes
1,68,237
Margin
70,157
41.70%

Since 2009

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPINC swing
−8.6%
BJP share
50.3% 61.5%
INC share
0.0% 19.8%
Turnout
60.9%