Election
Constituency

69. Majorganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-MAJORGANJ

INC 44.3%won by 18.3%JNP 26.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.0% to 18.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 20.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 26.1% — it polled just 1.4% in 1980.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.4% between them, down from 92.9% — 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
63,104
Margin
11,527
18.27%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJNP swing
−44.8%
INC share
64.4% 44.3%
JNP share
1.4% 26.1%
Turnout