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114. Chhatapur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-CHHATAPUR

INC 48.9%won by 9.2%LKD 39.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.2% to 9.2%.

  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 39.8% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.7% of the vote between them, up from 79.2% — 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
81,155
Margin
7,453
9.18%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KUMBH NR. SARDARIndian National Congress · INC39,72348.9%
  2. 2MAHENDRA NR. SARDARLKD · LKD32,27039.8%
  3. 3SUKHDEO PASWANJanata Party · JNP4,4835.5%
  4. 4SHEO NR. SARDARCommunist Party of India · CPI2,1682.7%
  5. 5RESHMI DEVIIndependent · IND1,3801.7%
  6. 6ADHIK PASWANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,1311.4%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–LKD swing
−42.0%
INC share
51.2% → 48.9%
LKD share
0.0% → 39.8%
Turnout
— → —
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