Election
Constituency

40. Jalalpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-JALALPUR

INC 35.7%won by 3.5%CPI 32.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.8% to 3.5%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 67.9% of the vote between them, up from 57.7% — 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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Valid votes
71,296
Margin
2,504
3.51%

Candidates

15 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SUDHIR KUMAR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC25,44835.7%
  2. 2ABHAY RAJ KISHORE RAICommunist Party of India · CPI22,94432.2%
  3. 3BANARAS SINGHJanata Party · JNP5,8128.2%
  4. 4RAMAYAN SINGHIndependent · IND4,4266.2%
  5. 5MADHUSUDAN SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,3516.1%
  6. 6ANIRUDH SINGHLKD · LKD2,5583.6%
  7. 7BIJAY KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND2,0262.8%
  8. 8MANDEO RAMIndependent · IND9821.4%
  9. 9BISHUNDEO MANJHIIndependent · IND6600.9%
  10. 10UMESH RAMIndependent · IND6000.8%
  11. 11SATYA NARAYAN SINGHIndependent · IND3790.5%
  12. 12DHANRAJ SINGHIndependent · IND3690.5%
  13. 13PARMESHWAR RAMIndependent · IND2970.4%
  14. 14KALYAN PANDEYIndependent · IND2860.4%
  15. 15SURENDRA PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND1580.2%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
−16.5%
INC share
36.7% → 35.7%
CPI share
16.7% → 32.2%
Turnout
— → —
39. Marhaura41. Chapra
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