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Constituency

80. Jhanjharpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-JHANJHARPUR

INC 80.9%won by 71.5%LKD 9.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 51.6% to 71.5%.

  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 9.4% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.4% between them, down from 96.8% — 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
78,233
Margin
55,928
71.49%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCLKD swing
−2.7%
INC share
74.2% 80.9%
LKD share
0.0% 9.4%
Turnout