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41. Chapra

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-CHAPRA

IND 51.0%won by 11.3%INC 39.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: JNPSC (JNPSC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 11.3%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 4.0% to 51.0% of the vote here (+46.9%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.7% of the vote between them, up from 61.2% — 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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Valid votes
91,076
Margin
10,285
11.29%

Candidates

9 contested · winner IND
  1. 1JANAK YADAVIndependent · IND46,43851.0%
  2. 2MITHILESH KUMAR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC36,15339.7%
  3. 3RAMJANAM GUPTAJanata Party · JNP3,8344.2%
  4. 4SABHAPATI VISHWAKARMABharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,6894.1%
  5. 5NAWAL KISHORE NIRALAIndependent · IND3530.4%
  6. 6SATYA NARAIN PRASADIndependent · IND2250.2%
  7. 7RAMJI SINGHIndependent · IND1440.2%
  8. 8RAMDEO SINGHIndependent · IND1230.1%
  9. 9KESHARI NANDAN SINHAIndependent · IND1170.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
JNPSC
Winner now
INDflipped
IND–INC swing
+23.5%
IND share
4.0% → 51.0%
INC share
16.2% → 39.7%
Turnout
— → —
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