Constituency
117. Saharsa
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1985
BR-SAHARSA
INC 42.7%won by 9.5%LKD 33.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 56.3% to 9.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 24.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 33.2% — it did not contest here in 1980.
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
86,577
Margin
8,182
9.45%
Candidates
17 contested · winner INC- 1SATISH CHANDRA JHAIndian National Congress · INC36,93042.7%
- 2SHANKAR PD. TEKARIWALLKD · LKD28,74833.2%
- 3JANARDAN PANDEYCommunist Party of India · CPI7,7539.0%
- 4DINESH JHAIndependent · IND4,5965.3%
- 5MIR KUDUSIndependent · IND2,9373.4%
- 6BHAVESH MISHRABharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,9882.3%
- 7BALBHADRA N. SINGHIndependent · IND1,3261.5%
- 8NAGESWAR YADAVIndependent · IND4330.5%
- 9DHANESHWAR PD. SINGHIndependent · IND3260.4%
- 10VIJAY KUMAR JHAIndependent · IND3000.3%
- 11VIMALDEO JHAIndependent · IND2730.3%
- 12VASHIST KUMARIndependent · IND2460.3%
- 13RADHA KRISHNA YADAVIndependent · IND2420.3%
- 14HARI LALIndependent · IND1330.2%
- 15BHAGTA PASWANIndependent · IND1200.1%
- 16KISHTO THAKURIndependent · IND1160.1%
- 17KISHORE KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1100.1%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–LKD swing
- −57.3%
- INC share
- 66.8% → 42.7%
- LKD share
- 0.0% → 33.2%
- Turnout
- — → —