Constituency
159. Jarmundi
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1985
BR-JARMUNDI
BJP 32.6%won by 4.8%IND 27.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 4.8%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 1.5% to 32.6% of the vote here (+31.1%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 60.5% of the vote between them, up from 45.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
51,422
Margin
2,445
4.75%
Candidates
12 contested · winner BJP- 1ABHAY KANT PRASADBharatiya Janata Party · BJP16,77632.6%
- 2JAWAHAR PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND14,33127.9%
- 3DIPNATH RAYIndependent · IND4,4228.6%
- 4HARI CHARAN KHAWAREIndependent · IND4,2688.3%
- 5MD. NOUSHADIndependent · IND3,8577.5%
- 6SUDHIR KUMARIndian National Congress · INC3,5106.8%
- 7BATESHWAR SINGHJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM1,9773.8%
- 8SURENDRA ROUTLKD · LKD1,1792.3%
- 9DEVI CNABD DASIndependent · IND5401.1%
- 10ASHOK KUMAR VERMAIndependent · IND2480.5%
- 11SUMERU SHEKHAR NAGIndependent · IND2210.4%
- 12BASANTI DEVIIndependent · IND930.2%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–IND swing
- +31.8%
- BJP share
- 1.5% → 32.6%
- IND share
- 28.5% → 27.9%
- Turnout
- — → —