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111. Kishanpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-KISHANPUR

INC 39.8%won by 9.4%LKD 30.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.4% to 9.4%.

  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 30.4% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 70.3% of the vote between them, up from 47.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
95,079
Margin
8,897
9.36%

Candidates

12 contested · winner INC
  1. 1VISHWANATH GURMITAIndian National Congress · INC37,84639.8%
  2. 2VINAYAK PD. YADAVLKD · LKD28,94930.4%
  3. 3HARI PRASAD SAHJanata Party · JNP11,73612.3%
  4. 4VAIDYANATH MEHTAIndependent · IND8,8099.3%
  5. 5BHARAT MANDALICS · ICS2,7322.9%
  6. 6DEOCHANDRA KUMARIndependent · IND1,3171.4%
  7. 7BASUDEO MANDALIndependent · IND1,0691.1%
  8. 8SURYA NA. YADAVBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,0051.1%
  9. 9ARUN KR. SHARMAIndependent · IND5520.6%
  10. 10ARJUN PRASADIndependent · IND4750.5%
  11. 11RAM NR. SINGHIndependent · IND3080.3%
  12. 12MADHUSUDAN YADAVIndependent · IND2810.3%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–LKD swing
−14.8%
INC share
24.2% → 39.8%
LKD share
0.0% → 30.4%
Turnout
— → —
110. Raghopur112. Supaul
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