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103. Balia

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-BALIA

INC 39.3%won by 6.7%LKD 32.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: JNPSC (JNPSC) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.7%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 34.6% to 39.3% of the vote here (+4.7%).
  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 32.6% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.9% between them, down from 77.9% — the field split more ways.

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
57,937
Margin
3,860
6.66%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SAMSU ZEHAIndian National Congress · INC22,74739.3%
  2. 2SHRI NARAYAN YADAVLKD · LKD18,88732.6%
  3. 3TANVIR HASSANJanata Party · JNP11,08819.1%
  4. 4JANARDAN PRASADIndependent · IND2,0993.6%
  5. 5ANIL KUMAR DEOBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,3562.3%
  6. 6RAM CHANDRA YADAVIndependent · IND8541.5%
  7. 7KAPIL DEO CHOURASIAIndependent · IND5080.9%
  8. 8FULESHWAR SAHNIIndependent · IND2150.4%
  9. 9RAM DEO RAMIndependent · IND1830.3%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
JNPSC
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–LKD swing
−27.9%
INC share
34.6% → 39.3%
LKD share
0.0% → 32.6%
Turnout
— → —
102. Hasanpur104. Matihani
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