Constituency
39. Marhaura
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1985
BR-MARHAURA
INC 57.7%won by 37.8%JNP 19.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.0% to 37.8%.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 19.9% — it polled just 0.2% in 1980.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
79,561
Margin
30,100
37.83%
Candidates
12 contested · winner INC- 1BHISHMA PRASAD YADAVIndian National Congress · INC45,93057.7%
- 2RAM DEO SINGHJanata Party · JNP15,83019.9%
- 3SHEO PUJAN PRASADLKD · LKD6,2087.8%
- 4MAHESHWAR PRASAD SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,6934.6%
- 5VINOD KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND2,5903.3%
- 6AMAR KUMAR PANDEYIndependent · IND1,7542.2%
- 7SHRIBHAGWAN MANJHIIndependent · IND1,3621.7%
- 8RAMESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND1,2681.6%
- 9RAM PRAVESH SAHIndependent · IND3290.4%
- 10MADAN MAHTOIndependent · IND2340.3%
- 11SAROWAR NATH TIWARIIndependent · IND2160.3%
- 12RAM PAT SINGHIndependent · IND1470.2%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −6.6%
- INC share
- 44.6% → 57.7%
- JNP share
- 0.2% → 19.9%
- Turnout
- — → —