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144. Barsoi

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-BARSOI

INC 46.0%won by 25.4%CPM 20.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.0% to 25.4%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 20.6% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.6% between them, down from 92.6% — the field split more ways.

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
68,910
Margin
17,501
25.40%

Candidates

10 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BYULA DOJAIndian National Congress · INC31,69046.0%
  2. 2MAHBOOB ALAMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM14,18920.6%
  3. 3MOHAMMAD TAIYABIndependent · IND9,55413.9%
  4. 4SHYAMA NA. DASIndependent · IND8,63312.5%
  5. 5BIRENDRA KUMAR JAINIndependent · IND1,7882.6%
  6. 6MD. SIDDIQUEIndependent · IND1,1691.7%
  7. 7ASHFAQUE ALAM AZADJanata Party · JNP7081.0%
  8. 8YOGENDRA NATH DASIndependent · IND5320.8%
  9. 9JIYAD HUSSAIN SARIndependent · IND4670.7%
  10. 10AWANI KUMAR PANDEYIndependent · IND1800.3%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
−21.9%
INC share
47.3% → 46.0%
CPM share
0.0% → 20.6%
Turnout
— → —
143. Kadwa145. Pranpur
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