Election
Constituency

28. Goreakothi

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-GOREAKOTHI

BJP 34.4%won by 3.2%IND 31.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 3.2%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 27.5% to 34.4% of the vote here (+6.9%).
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 31.2% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.5% between them, down from 82.1% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
76,083
Margin
2,405
3.16%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJPIND swing
−24.3%
BJP share
27.5% 34.4%
IND share
0.0% 31.2%
Turnout