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154. Nala

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-NALA

CPI 50.1%won by 10.8%INC 39.3%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.3% to 10.8%.

  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 39.3% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.4% of the vote between them, up from 67.5% — 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
61,833
Margin
6,665
10.78%

Candidates

7 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1BISHESHWAR KHANCommunist Party of India · CPI30,97050.1%
  2. 2RAJ KUMARI DEVIIndian National Congress · INC24,30539.3%
  3. 3NAND LAL SORENJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM4,4217.1%
  4. 4JAIDEO MANJHIIndependent · IND8461.4%
  5. 5KAILAS MAHTOIndependent · IND6101.0%
  6. 6KAPILDEO THAKURLKD · LKD5280.9%
  7. 7AMRENDRA KUMAR JHAIndependent · IND1530.2%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–INC swing
−26.6%
CPI share
37.4% → 50.1%
INC share
0.0% → 39.3%
Turnout
— → —
153. Sikaripars155. Jamtara
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