Election
Constituency

29. Siwan

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-SIWAN

JNP 54.9%won by 27.5%BJP 27.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 27.5%.

  • JNP vote shareJNP went from 10.9% to 54.9% of the vote here (+44.0%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.3% of the vote between them, up from 56.2% — 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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not in source
Valid votes
83,867
Margin
23,032
27.46%

Candidates

14 contested · winner JNP
  1. 1AWADH BIHARI CHOUDHARYJanata Party · JNP46,02154.9%
  2. 2JANARDAN TIWARYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP22,98927.4%
  3. 3IRSHAD HUSSAINIndian National Congress · INC10,36812.4%
  4. 4RAJENDAR SINGHIndependent · IND1,6462.0%
  5. 5RADHIKA DEVILKD · LKD1,0241.2%
  6. 6GAUTAM SINGHIndependent · IND4030.5%
  7. 7ASHOK KUMARIndependent · IND3100.4%
  8. 8RAMAUTAR PRASADIndependent · IND2440.3%
  9. 9SITARAM SAHIndependent · IND2300.3%
  10. 10LALBABU CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND1940.2%
  11. 11VIKRAMA RAMIndependent · IND1450.2%
  12. 12SATNARAYAN SINGHIndependent · IND1210.1%
  13. 13DHANESARIndependent · IND1080.1%
  14. 14SARJU PARSADIndependent · IND640.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
JNPflipped
JNP–BJP swing
+54.6%
JNP share
10.9% → 54.9%
BJP share
38.1% → 27.4%
Turnout
— → —
28. Goreakothi30. Mairwa
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