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49. Patepur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-PATEPUR

INC 46.2%won by 0.6%LKD 45.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: JNPSC (JNPSC) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.6%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 35.9% to 46.2% of the vote here (+10.3%).
  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 45.7% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.9% of the vote between them, up from 81.0% — 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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not in source
Valid votes
69,139
Margin
403
0.58%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BALESHWAR SINGH PASWANIndian National Congress · INC31,97346.2%
  2. 2PALTAN RAMLKD · LKD31,57045.7%
  3. 3LACHHUMAN MAHTOJanata Party · JNP2,3433.4%
  4. 4RAMDEO RAMIndependent · IND2,0953.0%
  5. 5CHHOTELAL MAHTOIndependent · IND4140.6%
  6. 6YUGESHWAR RAMIndependent · IND3840.6%
  7. 7SARYUG RAMIndependent · IND1750.3%
  8. 8ANNDI PASWANIndependent · IND980.1%
  9. 9ANIL KUMAR HEMANTIndependent · IND870.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
JNPSC
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–LKD swing
−35.3%
INC share
35.9% → 46.2%
LKD share
0.0% → 45.7%
Turnout
— → —
48. Jandaha50. Mahua
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