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Constituency

34. Raghunathpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-RAGHUNATHPUR

INC 37.5%won by 6.8%JNP 30.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.5% to 6.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Janata Party (JNP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.2% between them, down from 78.8% — 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
78,543
Margin
5,365
6.83%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJNP swing
−38.4%
INC share
53.2% 37.5%
JNP share
8.0% 30.7%
Turnout