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37. Masrakh

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-MASRAKH

IND 34.9%won by 6.9%INC 27.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 6.9%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 6.6% to 34.9% of the vote here (+28.3%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.8% between them, down from 69.4% — the field split more ways.

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
60,217
Margin
4,178
6.94%

Candidates

11 contested · winner IND
  1. 1PRABHU NATH SINGHIndependent · IND20,99634.9%
  2. 2HARENDRA KISHORE SINGHIndian National Congress · INC16,81827.9%
  3. 3BACHA SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI6,66011.1%
  4. 4VINOD KUMAR SINGHJanata Party · JNP5,1378.5%
  5. 5KASHI NATH RAIIndependent · IND4,3097.2%
  6. 6RAJ NATH RAILKD · LKD3,3125.5%
  7. 7MAHESH MISHRAIndependent · IND1,1741.9%
  8. 8BHARAT SAHIndependent · IND7261.2%
  9. 9BRIJ BHUSHAN SINGHIndependent · IND6921.1%
  10. 10VELAS SINGHIndependent · IND2100.3%
  11. 11BIJ KISHORE VERMAIndependent · IND1830.3%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INDflipped
IND–INC swing
+45.6%
IND share
6.6% → 34.9%
INC share
45.3% → 27.9%
Turnout
— → —
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