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8. Bettiah

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-BETTIAH

INC 48.0%won by 25.1%CPI 22.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.3% to 25.1%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 22.9% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 70.8% of the vote between them, up from 57.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
65,561
Margin
16,475
25.13%

Candidates

15 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GAURI SHANKER PANDEYIndian National Congress · INC31,45948.0%
  2. 2AHMAD ALICommunist Party of India · CPI14,98422.9%
  3. 3VIJAI KUMAR SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,1519.4%
  4. 4MAHENDRALKD · LKD5,4338.3%
  5. 5BABU RAM MANJHIIndependent · IND2,5743.9%
  6. 6NEZAMUDDIN MIANIndependent · IND1,1931.8%
  7. 7SHIVNATH TEWARIIndependent · IND9841.5%
  8. 8CHHEDI KHANIndependent · IND9631.5%
  9. 9SYED SHAMIN AKHTAR URF SAHARWARDIIndependent · IND8941.4%
  10. 10PREM CHANDRA SINGHIndependent · IND2540.4%
  11. 11CHANDERESHWAR PRASADIndependent · IND2160.3%
  12. 12MUKTI NATH SAHIndependent · IND1960.3%
  13. 13BHOLA PRASAD GUPTAIndependent · IND980.1%
  14. 14BISHWANATH PRASADIndependent · IND820.1%
  15. 15BAIDYA NATH RAIIndependent · IND800.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
−9.8%
INC share
35.0% → 48.0%
CPI share
0.0% → 22.9%
Turnout
— → —
7. Chanpatia9. Nautan
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