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129. Forbesganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-FORBESGANJ

INC 40.8%won by 17.7%BJP 23.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.9% to 17.7%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
75,748
Margin
13,441
17.74%

Candidates

14 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SARYU MISHRAIndian National Congress · INC30,88040.8%
  2. 2RAI BAHADUR KESHRIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP17,43923.0%
  3. 3M. YASINJanata Party · JNP10,14413.4%
  4. 4NAKCHATRA MALAKARCommunist Party of India · CPI6,7738.9%
  5. 5JAMARUDDINIndependent · IND2,2062.9%
  6. 6DHALAI RISHIIndependent · IND1,8522.4%
  7. 7HIRANAND RAIIndependent · IND1,6912.2%
  8. 8CHANDRA N. DASLKD · LKD1,5742.1%
  9. 9CHULAHAI BISWASIndependent · IND1,2061.6%
  10. 10MANDESHWAR MISHTRAIndependent · IND9211.2%
  11. 11SHANKAR SAHIndependent · IND4010.5%
  12. 12IDRISIndependent · IND2490.3%
  13. 13DURGA PD. RAIIndependent · IND2430.3%
  14. 14JITU MANDALIndependent · IND1690.2%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−3.2%
INC share
39.8% → 40.8%
BJP share
18.9% → 23.0%
Turnout
— → —
128. Narpatganj130. Araria
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