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68. Bathnaha

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-BATHNAHA

INC 43.6%won by 18.8%ICS 24.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: INCU (INCU) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 18.8%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 38.1% to 43.6% of the vote here (+5.5%).
  • New challengerICS (ICS) finished second with 24.8% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.5% between them, down from 81.0% — 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
93,390
Margin
17,580
18.82%

Candidates

14 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAM NIWASIndian National Congress · INC40,76143.6%
  2. 2SURYADEO RAIICS · ICS23,18124.8%
  3. 3INDAL SINGH NAVINLKD · LKD15,31916.4%
  4. 4RAJENDRA PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND6,1626.6%
  5. 5RAM BAHADUR SINGHJanata Party · JNP3,2733.5%
  6. 6NAGESHWAR PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND1,9672.1%
  7. 7NAND LAL THAKURBharatiya Janata Party · BJP9061.0%
  8. 8CHANDESHWAR MISHRAIndependent · IND5180.6%
  9. 9VILAS MAHTOIndependent · IND4620.5%
  10. 10SHISHBATI DEVIIndependent · IND2330.2%
  11. 11YUGAL SINGHIndependent · IND2200.2%
  12. 12BRAHMADEOIndependent · IND1610.2%
  13. 13BHOLA THAKURIndependent · IND1470.2%
  14. 14VIJAY KUMAR PATELIndependent · IND800.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INCU
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–ICS swing
−19.3%
INC share
38.1% → 43.6%
ICS share
0.0% → 24.8%
Turnout
— → —
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