Constituency
42. Garkha
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1985
BR-GARKHA
INC 27.7%won by 1.9%JNP 25.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 5.6% to 1.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from JNPSC (JNPSC) to Janata Party (JNP).
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
59,270
Margin
1,146
1.93%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1RAGHUNANDAN MANJHIIndian National Congress · INC16,39727.7%
- 2RAM SUNDER DASJanata Party · JNP15,25125.7%
- 3MUNESHWAR CHAUDHRYIndependent · IND13,23122.3%
- 4AMRIT CHAUDHRYLKD · LKD12,87721.7%
- 5INERJIT RAMIndependent · IND7051.2%
- 6PUNTA DEO DAS PUNYAIndependent · IND5260.9%
- 7JAWAHAR LAL RAMIndependent · IND2830.5%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −3.7%
- INC share
- 30.9% → 27.7%
- JNP share
- 25.3% → 25.7%
- Turnout
- — → —