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Constituency

14. Dhaka

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-DHAKA

INC 50.6%won by 22.0%BJP 28.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.7% to 22.0%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.2% of the vote between them, up from 65.2% — 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
1,01,678
Margin
22,389
22.02%

Candidates

11 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MOTIUR RAHMANIndian National Congress · INC51,43850.6%
  2. 2AVANISH KUMAR SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP29,04928.6%
  3. 3PREM SHANKER KUMARJanata Party · JNP18,76318.5%
  4. 4VISHWA NATH SHARMALKD · LKD7650.8%
  5. 5JITU SHAHIndependent · IND5990.6%
  6. 6BUDHDEO RAMIndependent · IND2890.3%
  7. 7AWADHESH PRASAD GUPTAIndependent · IND2440.2%
  8. 8BHOLA ANSARIIndependent · IND2190.2%
  9. 9JAGDISH JHAIndependent · IND1350.1%
  10. 10JITENDRA JHAIndependent · IND1280.1%
  11. 11DEODARSHAN PRASAD SHARMAIndependent · IND490.0%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−14.0%
INC share
43.9% → 50.6%
BJP share
8.0% → 28.6%
Turnout
— → —
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