Election
Constituency

158. Deoghar

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-DEOGHAR

INC 37.8%won by 8.4%CPI 29.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.0% to 8.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Multi-cornered5 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
43,905
Margin
3,667
8.35%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPI swing
−24.6%
INC share
48.3% 37.8%
CPI share
15.3% 29.4%
Turnout