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73. Benipatti

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-BENIPATTI

INC 40.6%won by 14.3%LKD 26.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.7% to 14.3%.

  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 26.3% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
79,497
Margin
11,336
14.26%

Candidates

10 contested · winner INC
  1. 1YUGESHWAR JHAIndian National Congress · INC32,27740.6%
  2. 2SHALIGRAM ROUTLKD · LKD20,94126.3%
  3. 3TEJ NARAIN JHACommunist Party of India · CPI15,50619.5%
  4. 4AYODHYA NATH JHABharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,9753.7%
  5. 5HARENDRA KUMARJanata Party · JNP2,3212.9%
  6. 6BAIDYA NATH JHAIndependent · IND2,2322.8%
  7. 7NAYEEM KUJARAIndependent · IND2,0602.6%
  8. 8NAWAL SINGHIndependent · IND4920.6%
  9. 9LACHHAMI YADAVIndependent · IND4600.6%
  10. 10RAJKUMAR YADAVIndependent · IND2330.3%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–LKD swing
−22.4%
INC share
36.7% → 40.6%
LKD share
0.0% → 26.3%
Turnout
— → —
72. Pupri74. Bisfi
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