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- ↑ "Bihar's Karakat, battle of prestige for Upendra Kushwaha and Nitish Kumar". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ↑ "Lok Sabha elections 2019: Caste, Kushwaha's switch deciding factors in Karakat". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
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- ↑ "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 80. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
- ↑ "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2015.