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27. Basantpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-BASANTPUR

INC 51.2%won by 11.2%BJP 40.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: JNPSC (JNPSC) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 11.2%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 31.3% to 51.2% of the vote here (+19.9%).
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 40.0% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.1% of the vote between them, up from 84.4% — 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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Valid votes
99,906
Margin
11,182
11.19%

Candidates

15 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MANIK CHANDRA ROYIndian National Congress · INC51,10551.2%
  2. 2SATYADEO PRASADBharatiya Janata Party · BJP39,92340.0%
  3. 3MOHAMMAD HADISHIndependent · IND4,5794.6%
  4. 4RAMADHAR SINGHLKD · LKD8400.8%
  5. 5RAMJI SINGHIndependent · IND6740.7%
  6. 6NAND KISHOR SINGHIndependent · IND4880.5%
  7. 7VISHWA NATH PRASADIndependent · IND4280.4%
  8. 8BRAJ KISHOR MISHRAIndependent · IND4110.4%
  9. 9VIDYA BHUSHAN SINGHJanata Party · JNP3100.3%
  10. 10JAGDISH SINGHIndependent · IND2610.3%
  11. 11LALAN SINGHIndependent · IND2540.3%
  12. 12AWADH KISHORE SINGHIndependent · IND2420.2%
  13. 13GIRISH SAHIndependent · IND1770.2%
  14. 14RAM NARAYAN MANJHIIndependent · IND1160.1%
  15. 15RAMAKANT ROYIndependent · IND980.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
JNPSC
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJP swing
−20.1%
INC share
31.3% → 51.2%
BJP share
0.0% → 40.0%
Turnout
— → —
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