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12. Motihari

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-MOTIHARI

CPI 40.8%won by 24.8%INC 16.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 24.8%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 33.9% to 40.8% of the vote here (+6.9%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 56.8% between them, down from 69.9% — the field split more ways.

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
79,432
Margin
19,697
24.80%

Candidates

16 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1TRIVENI TIWARICommunist Party of India · CPI32,40840.8%
  2. 2RAJENDRA PRASADIndian National Congress · INC12,71116.0%
  3. 3A. WAHID SHAHIndependent · IND6,5318.2%
  4. 4BINDESHWARI PRASADIndependent · IND5,4876.9%
  5. 5SHEO KUMAR SRIVASTABIndependent · IND4,8446.1%
  6. 6BAJRANGI NARAIN THAKURJanata Party · JNP4,4775.6%
  7. 7JAI RAM SINGHLKD · LKD4,2755.4%
  8. 8VISHWANATH PRASADIndependent · IND4,1585.2%
  9. 9BHIKHARI PRASAD YADAVBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,3814.3%
  10. 10SUDHIR PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND3570.4%
  11. 11BINOD SINGHIndependent · IND2380.3%
  12. 12BALRAM PRASADIndependent · IND2310.3%
  13. 13AJAI KUMARIndependent · IND1750.2%
  14. 14URMILA DEVIIndependent · IND710.1%
  15. 15SUDHA RANI JAISWAIIndependent · IND450.1%
  16. 16BHUDEO BAJPEYEEICS · ICS430.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPI–INC swing
+27.0%
CPI share
33.9% → 40.8%
INC share
36.0% → 16.0%
Turnout
— → —
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