Constituency
89. Darbhanga
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1985
BR-DARBHANGA
INC 31.4%won by 11.7%IND 19.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
69,520
Margin
8,156
11.73%
Candidates
22 contested · winner INC- 1ASFAK ANSARIIndian National Congress · INC21,86331.4%
- 2RAMASHRAY RAIIndependent · IND13,70719.7%
- 3JAGDISH SAHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP12,94618.6%
- 4KAMESHWAR PURBELKD · LKD9,23013.3%
- 5SHEO SHARAN SINGHJanata Party · JNP4,4076.3%
- 6BHUP NARAIN RAYIndependent · IND3,6175.2%
- 7SAYED SARFRAJ AHMADIndependent · IND1,3541.9%
- 8BINEY KUMAR VERMAIndependent · IND5870.8%
- 9KAMRUL HASANIndependent · IND2900.4%
- 10KAPILESHWAR MAHTOIndependent · IND2530.4%
- 11CHANDRA MOHAN PANDEYIndependent · IND1890.3%
- 12SILA KANT JHAIndependent · IND1710.2%
- 13HARIHAR RAJAKIndependent · IND1700.2%
- 14AMIT KUMAR SINHAIndependent · IND1250.2%
- 15MD. MUMTAZIndependent · IND1220.2%
- 16N. K. SHARMAIndependent · IND1080.2%
- 17VAMILENDRA PD. SINGHIndependent · IND950.1%
- 18SURAJ MAHASETHIndependent · IND920.1%
- 19THAKO MAHTOIndependent · IND760.1%
- 20MD. MOKIMIndependent · IND550.1%
- 21JIWACHH MAHTOIndependent · IND340.0%
- 22MD. MJAHARUL HAQUEIndependent · IND290.0%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −25.3%
- INC share
- 41.0% → 31.4%
- IND share
- 3.9% → 19.7%
- Turnout
- — → —