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149. Barhait

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-BARHAIT

INC 60.0%won by 29.1%JMM 30.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.4% to 29.1%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.9% of the vote between them, up from 69.1% — 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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Valid votes
62,954
Margin
18,300
29.07%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1THOMAS HANSDAIndian National Congress · INC37,75360.0%
  2. 2MASIH SORENJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM19,45330.9%
  3. 3HEM LAL MURMUCommunist Party of India · CPI4,2116.7%
  4. 4NARAYAN TUDUIndependent · IND6541.0%
  5. 5BABUJI BASKEYIndependent · IND3350.5%
  6. 6CHANDAN TUDUIndependent · IND3290.5%
  7. 7ISWAR MARANDIIndependent · IND2190.3%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JMM swing
−6.5%
INC share
37.8% → 60.0%
JMM share
2.2% → 30.9%
Turnout
— → —
148. Borio150. Litipara
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