Constituency
156. Sarath
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1985
BR-SARATH
IND 41.9%won by 18.5%INC 23.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 18.5%.
- IND vote shareIND went from 12.8% to 41.9% of the vote here (+29.1%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from INCU (INCU) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.3% between them, down from 74.1% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
74,359
Margin
13,785
18.54%
Candidates
6 contested · winner IND- 1UDAI SHANKER SINGHIndependent · IND31,16441.9%
- 2SHASHANK SHEKHER BHOKTAIndian National Congress · INC17,37923.4%
- 3MD. ABUTALIB ANSARIJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM16,34022.0%
- 4SHASHI BHUSHAN ROYIndependent · IND3,8055.1%
- 5ABHAY CHARAN LALIndependent · IND3,1354.2%
- 6YASIN ANSARIJanata Party · JNP2,5363.4%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- JMM
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–INC swing
- +16.9%
- IND share
- 12.8% → 41.9%
- INC share
- 11.2% → 23.4%
- Turnout
- — → —