Election
Constituency

157. Madhupur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-MADHUPUR

INC 59.3%won by 35.4%BJP 23.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 35.8% to 35.4%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.2% of the vote between them, up from 73.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
69,692
Margin
24,656
35.38%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−0.4%
INC share
54.7% 59.3%
BJP share
18.8% 23.9%
Turnout