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21. Kateya

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-KATEYA

JNP 47.2%won by 17.1%INC 30.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 17.1%.

  • JNP vote shareJNP went from 1.2% to 47.2% of the vote here (+46.0%).
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
89,638
Margin
15,354
17.13%

Candidates

13 contested · winner JNP
  1. 1BACHCHA CHOUBEYJanata Party · JNP42,29247.2%
  2. 2MANOJ KUMAR MISHRAIndian National Congress · INC26,93830.1%
  3. 3CHANDRAHAS RAIIndependent · IND9,46610.6%
  4. 4BED BYAS TIWARIIndependent · IND5,2085.8%
  5. 5RAM ASHIS SINGH KUSHWAHAIndependent · IND2,7953.1%
  6. 6HARI HAR DUBEYIndependent · IND8460.9%
  7. 7DEO NARAIN PRASAD VERMAIndependent · IND5550.6%
  8. 8KRIPA MISHRAIndependent · IND3660.4%
  9. 9KANSHI NATH MISHRAIndependent · IND3630.4%
  10. 10ARJUN SINGHIndependent · IND2370.3%
  11. 11PAWAHARI RAIIndependent · IND2280.3%
  12. 12SHEOJEE PRASADBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2030.2%
  13. 13AWADH KISHOR BAGATIndependent · IND1410.2%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
JNPflipped
JNP–INC swing
+60.9%
JNP share
1.2% → 47.2%
INC share
45.0% → 30.1%
Turnout
— → —
20. Gobindganj22. Bhore
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