Election
Constituency

83. Madhepur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-MADHEPUR

INC 56.1%won by 17.2%IND 38.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
72,331
Margin
12,438
17.20%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−41.8%
INC share
61.4% 56.1%
IND share
2.4% 38.9%
Turnout