Constituency
83. Madhepur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1985
BR-MADHEPUR
INC 56.1%won by 17.2%IND 38.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.3% to 17.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from JNPSC (JNPSC) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.9% of the vote between them, up from 87.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
72,331
Margin
12,438
17.20%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1HARKHU JHAIndian National Congress · INC40,55456.1%
- 2RUP NARAIN JHAIndependent · IND28,11638.9%
- 3CHANDRA KANT MISHRAIndependent · IND1,7792.5%
- 4RAM NARESH YADAVIndependent · IND5880.8%
- 5LEKHA NAND JHAIndependent · IND5550.8%
- 6LAL BAHADUR SINGHJanata Party · JNP4940.7%
- 7NARENDRA NATH JHAIndependent · IND2450.3%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −41.8%
- INC share
- 61.4% → 56.1%
- IND share
- 2.4% → 38.9%
- Turnout
- — → —