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10. Raxaul

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-RAXAUL

INC 37.9%won by 7.2%LKD 30.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.4% to 7.2%.

  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 30.7% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 68.7% of the vote between them, up from 56.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
74,076
Margin
5,328
7.19%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SAGIR AHMADIndian National Congress · INC28,10137.9%
  2. 2RAJNANDAN PRASAD RAILKD · LKD22,77330.7%
  3. 3ARJUN SINGHJanata Party · JNP14,18719.2%
  4. 4MD. FAJLULLAHIndependent · IND4,1535.6%
  5. 5TARKESHWAR NATH TIWARIIndependent · IND3,3624.5%
  6. 6DEONARAIN PRASADIndependent · IND4990.7%
  7. 7RAMESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND4980.7%
  8. 8JANARDHAN PRASADIndependent · IND3650.5%
  9. 9RAM CHANDRA PRASADIndependent · IND1380.2%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–LKD swing
−30.2%
INC share
37.4% → 37.9%
LKD share
0.0% → 30.7%
Turnout
— → —
9. Nautan11. Sugauli
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