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127. Raniganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-RANIGANJ

INC 78.0%won by 65.5%JNP 12.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.3% to 65.5%.

  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 12.5% — it polled just 0.3% in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.4% of the vote between them, up from 73.9% — 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
70,228
Margin
45,998
65.50%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1YAMUNA PD. RAMIndian National Congress · INC54,75878.0%
  2. 2BUNDEL PASWANJanata Party · JNP8,76012.5%
  3. 3BUDHDEO RISHIIndependent · IND3,2474.6%
  4. 4JAGESHWAR RISHIIndependent · IND1,7372.5%
  5. 5BABULAL PASWANIndependent · IND1,0241.5%
  6. 6VAIJNATH RAMIndependent · IND7021.0%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNP swing
+21.7%
INC share
44.1% → 78.0%
JNP share
0.3% → 12.5%
Turnout
— → —
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