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Constituency

156. Sarath

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-SARATH

IND 41.9%won by 18.5%INC 23.4%

What changed here

Derived

The 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
74,359
Margin
13,785
18.54%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
JMM
Winner now
INDflipped
INDINC swing
+16.9%
IND share
12.8% 41.9%
INC share
11.2% 23.4%
Turnout