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Constituency

89. Darbhanga

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-DARBHANGA

INC 31.4%won by 11.7%IND 19.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.9% to 11.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from JNPSC (JNPSC) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 51.2% between them, down from 72.0% — 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
69,520
Margin
8,156
11.73%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−25.3%
INC share
41.0% 31.4%
IND share
3.9% 19.7%
Turnout