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84. Manigachhi

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-MANIGACHHI

INC 71.1%won by 49.5%JNP 21.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 36.0% to 49.5%.

  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 21.6% — it polled just 0.9% in 1980.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
85,810
Margin
42,509
49.54%

Candidates

11 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MADAN MOHAN JHAIndian National Congress · INC61,03071.1%
  2. 2RAMA KANT CHOUDHARYJanata Party · JNP18,52121.6%
  3. 3UDIT NARAIN SINHACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,6501.9%
  4. 4GANGA PRASAD JHABharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,5291.8%
  5. 5INDRA KANT JHALKD · LKD1,2121.4%
  6. 6JAI PRAKASH MISHRAIndependent · IND9021.1%
  7. 7CHANU JHAIndependent · IND4020.5%
  8. 8JISHNU DAT MISHRAIndependent · IND1940.2%
  9. 9BRAHAMDEO SINGHIndependent · IND1680.2%
  10. 10MAHENDRA YADAVIndependent · IND1520.2%
  11. 11CHET NARAIN JHAIndependent · IND500.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNP swing
−12.7%
INC share
63.2% → 71.1%
JNP share
0.9% → 21.6%
Turnout
— → —
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