Election
Constituency

18. Kesaria

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-KESARIA

INC 40.9%won by 8.6%CPI 32.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 8.6%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 28.6% to 40.9% of the vote here (+12.3%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 73.1% of the vote between them, up from 59.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
76,976
Margin
6,638
8.62%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPI swing
+7.3%
INC share
28.6% 40.9%
CPI share
27.2% 32.2%
Turnout