Constituency
147. Rajmahal
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 2000
BR-RAJMAHAL
BJP 29.9%won by 9.7%JMM 20.2%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.4% to 9.7%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 50.1% of the vote between them, up from 41.3% — 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
1,22,406
Margin
11,862
9.69%
Candidates
14 contested · winner BJP- 1ARUN MANDALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP36,62329.9%
- 2NAJRUL ISLAMJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM24,76120.2%
- 3ANIL KUMAR SARKARIndian National Congress · INC24,73320.2%
- 4DHRUV BHAGATRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD11,8049.6%
- 5JAYANT SINGHNationalist Congress Party · NCP8,9007.3%
- 6DARA SINGH YADAVIndependent · IND7,0345.7%
- 7FARID SHAIKHIndependent · IND5,2244.3%
- 8ANUKUL MISHRABHJC · BHJC1,6311.3%
- 9SACHINDRA KUMAR ROYCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL7210.6%
- 10JAMIRIndependent · IND2590.2%
- 11JAGDISH SAHAShiv Sena · SHS2500.2%
- 12JALAL ANSARIIndependent · IND1920.2%
- 13RAJENDRA PD. SAHIndependent · IND1630.1%
- 14CHATUR RAKSHITIndependent · IND1110.1%
Since 1995
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–JMM swing
- +3.8%
- BJP share
- 22.9% → 29.9%
- JMM share
- 17.0% → 20.2%
- Turnout
- — → —