Election
Constituency

87. Baheri

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-BAHERI

INC 38.9%won by 20.5%LKD 18.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 18.5% to 20.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 18.5% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.4% between them, down from 80.5% — 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
96,774
Margin
19,797
20.46%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCLKD swing
−29.1%
INC share
49.5% 38.9%
LKD share
0.0% 18.5%
Turnout