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17. Pipra

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-PIPRA

INC 45.3%won by 17.1%LKD 28.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 29.7% to 17.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 28.2% — it did not contest here in 1980.

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
54,791
Margin
9,374
17.11%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1NAND LAL CHAUDHARYIndian National Congress · INC24,82345.3%
  2. 2SAHDEO PASWANLKD · LKD15,44928.2%
  3. 3TULSHI RAMCommunist Party of India · CPI10,96620.0%
  4. 4SATYA NARAIN RAMBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,3884.4%
  5. 5CHAINTAMAN BAITAHICS · ICS5931.1%
  6. 6CHANDRADEO RAMIndependent · IND3510.6%
  7. 7RAM LAKHAN PASWANIndependent · IND2210.4%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–LKD swing
−36.2%
INC share
53.3% → 45.3%
LKD share
0.0% → 28.2%
Turnout
— → —
16. Madhuban18. Kesaria
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