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67. Sitamarhi

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-SITAMARHI

INC 25.1%won by 6.5%CPI 18.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.3% to 6.5%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from JNPSC (JNPSC) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 43.7% between them, down from 51.4% — the field split more ways.

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
76,726
Margin
4,992
6.51%

Candidates

18 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KHALIL ANSARIIndian National Congress · INC19,25425.1%
  2. 2RAMDEO SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI14,26218.6%
  3. 3RAMSWARTH RAILKD · LKD11,42514.9%
  4. 4ARUN KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND9,85712.8%
  5. 5SATYA NARAYAN KESHARIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,2019.4%
  6. 6RAMESHWAR PRASADJanata Party · JNP5,9087.7%
  7. 7MD. HABIBICS · ICS4,5826.0%
  8. 8RAM VRIKSH PASWANIndependent · IND2,0762.7%
  9. 9ATUL KUMARIndependent · IND4100.5%
  10. 10LALIT KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND3910.5%
  11. 11MD. AZIMULLAHIndependent · IND2740.4%
  12. 12RAM KRISHAN SINGHIndependent · IND2380.3%
  13. 13SATYENDRA NATH VERMAIndependent · IND2030.3%
  14. 14JAY NARAYAN CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND1880.2%
  15. 15RAMAN PRASAD MISHRAIndependent · IND1810.2%
  16. 16RAM KISHOREIndependent · IND1210.2%
  17. 17RAMNATH RAIIndependent · IND800.1%
  18. 18MD. JUBAIR ALAMIndependent · IND750.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
−10.0%
INC share
27.4% → 25.1%
CPI share
10.9% → 18.6%
Turnout
— → —
66. Sheohar68. Bathnaha
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