Election
Constituency

138. Kasba

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-KASBA

INC 29.4%won by 2.9%LKD 26.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.5% to 2.9%.

  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 26.5% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • 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
81,937
Margin
2,365
2.89%

Candidates

16 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SYED GULAM HUSSAINIndian National Congress · INC24,08329.4%
  2. 2SHEOCHARAN MEHTALKD · LKD21,71826.5%
  3. 3ARJUN PRASAD YADAVIndependent · IND16,60820.3%
  4. 4DAROGILAL BISWASCommunist Party of India · CPI5,8807.2%
  5. 5ABDUL RAZZAQUEIndependent · IND3,5954.4%
  6. 6ABUL KALAMIndependent · IND3,3384.1%
  7. 7AGNIDEO SINGHIndependent · IND1,6722.0%
  8. 8BIJOY KUMAR SAHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,2101.5%
  9. 9ABDUL MOJIBJanata Party · JNP1,1931.5%
  10. 10JAMIRUDINIndependent · IND1,0931.3%
  11. 11RAM BRIKSH SAHIndependent · IND5430.7%
  12. 12MOHAN SAHIndependent · IND4460.5%
  13. 13TEJ NARAYAN RAMIndependent · IND1770.2%
  14. 14SHESH NA. KUMARIndependent · IND1750.2%
  15. 15PAWAN KUMAR JEJANIIndependent · IND1130.1%
  16. 16HARI PD. PASWANIndependent · IND930.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–LKD swing
−29.2%
INC share
32.1% → 29.4%
LKD share
0.0% → 26.5%
Turnout
— → —
137. Baisi139. Purnea
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