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131. Sikti

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-SIKTI

INC 46.9%won by 8.2%LKD 38.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.3% to 8.2%.

  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 38.7% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.7% of the vote between them, up from 78.1% — 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
91,143
Margin
7,486
8.21%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAMESHWAR YADAVIndian National Congress · INC42,77546.9%
  2. 2MD. AZIMUDINLKD · LKD35,28938.7%
  3. 3TARA CHANDBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,6977.3%
  4. 4MURLI DHAR MANDALJanata Party · JNP4,6055.1%
  5. 5NAGESHWAR THAKURIndependent · IND1,7771.9%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–LKD swing
−36.0%
INC share
44.2% → 46.9%
LKD share
0.0% → 38.7%
Turnout
— → —
130. Araria132. Jokihat
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