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104. Matihani

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-MATIHANI

INC 48.1%won by 3.9%CPI 44.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.2% to 3.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.

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
69,183
Margin
2,727
3.94%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PRAMOD KUMAR SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC33,26948.1%
  2. 2DEOKI NANDAN SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI30,54244.1%
  3. 3SHEKHO SINGHIndependent · IND1,7952.6%
  4. 4RAMCHANDRA MISHRABharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,4452.1%
  5. 5TANAKU LAL YADAVLKD · LKD8571.2%
  6. 6PHULENA SINGHIndependent · IND4150.6%
  7. 7KRISHNA CHANDRAIndependent · IND3920.6%
  8. 8KRISHNA BAHADUR LALIndependent · IND3350.5%
  9. 9JAWAHAR LAL BHARDWAJIndependent · IND1330.2%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
−16.2%
INC share
56.4% → 48.1%
CPI share
36.2% → 44.1%
Turnout
— → —
103. Balia105. Begusarai
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