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4. Shikarpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-SHIKARPUR

INC 82.8%won by 72.2%JNP 10.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.9% to 72.2%.

  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 10.6% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
73,924
Margin
53,398
72.23%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1NARSINGH BAITHAIndian National Congress · INC61,22282.8%
  2. 2BHOLA RAM TUFANIJanata Party · JNP7,82410.6%
  3. 3NATHUNI RAMLKD · LKD2,1792.9%
  4. 4HIRA HARIJANIndependent · IND1,0801.5%
  5. 5RISHI RAMIndependent · IND7921.1%
  6. 6MUNI LAL RAMIndependent · IND4260.6%
  7. 7SUDAMA RAJRAIndependent · IND4010.5%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNP swing
+14.8%
INC share
57.4% → 82.8%
JNP share
0.0% → 10.6%
Turnout
— → —
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