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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 247

BelaganjAssembly by-election result, 1998

Mahesh Singh Yadav (RJD) won Belaganj in the 1998 assembly by-election with 41.5% of the vote, beating Krishan Kumar Singh (BJP) by 22,572 votes.

Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1977 election. In 1972, seat no. 247 was Barachatti. Seats were renumbered for the 2005 election, after Jharkhand became a separate state. From 2005, there is no seat no. 247. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.

Winner

Mahesh Singh Yadav
RJD 41.5%BJP 16.9%8 others 41.7%
Votes
38,027
41.5% share
Winning margin
22,572
24.6% of votes
Candidates
10

A comfortable win — Mahesh Singh Yadav won by 24.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
Mahesh Singh Yadav
38,02741.5%
2
Krishan Kumar Singh
15,45516.9%
3
Abhiram Sharma
12,94614.1%
4
Rajballabh Prasad
IND
IND
8,2099.0%
5
Veer Bhadra Yashraj
7,6608.4%
6
Md. Usmaan
6,3967.0%
7
Vijay Prasad
CPI(ML)(L)
CPI(ML)(L)
2,4102.6%
8
Ramesh Kumar
IND
IND
2490.3%
9
Asha Sinha
IND
IND
2150.2%
10
Vaidaihi Yadav
IND
IND
990.1%

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A comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
24.6%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

SEAT
A crowded field

The top three took 72% of the votes.

Parties in the race 4.15

How did the vote split?

SEAT
41.5%won by RJD
RJD 41.5%BJP 16.9%INC 14.1%IND 9.0%SAP 8.4%BSP 7.0%Others 3.2%

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Who has won Belaganj, 1977–2000

  1. 1977SHAMBHU PRASAD SINGH (JNP), margin 16.8%
  2. 1980SHATRUGHNA SHARAN SINGH (INC(U)), margin 2.7%
  3. 1985ABHI RAM SHARMA (INC), margin 55.9%
  4. 1990SURENDER PRASAD YADAV (JD), margin 3.3%
  5. 1995SURENDRA PRASAD YADAV (JD), margin 27.0%
  6. 2000SURENDRA PRASAD YADAV (RJD), margin 17.8%