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Constituency

56. Kanti

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-KANTI

SUC 26.9%won by 0.3%LKD 26.6%

What changed here

Derived

SUC held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.8% to 0.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 26.6% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 53.6% between them, down from 70.9% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
66,383
Margin
209
0.31%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
SUC
Winner now
SUC
SUCLKD swing
−44.0%
SUC share
44.3% 26.9%
LKD share
0.0% 26.6%
Turnout