Election
Constituency

160. Dumka

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-DUMKA

JMM 42.3%won by 2.3%INC 40.0%

What changed here

Derived

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.7% to 2.3%.

  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 40.0% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • 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
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
53,949
Margin
1,238
2.29%

Candidates

8 contested · winner JMM
  1. 1STEPHAN MARANDIJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM22,81342.3%
  2. 2STANSHILA HEMBROMIndian National Congress · INC21,57540.0%
  3. 3MASI CHARAN HANSDACommunist Party of India · CPI6,41111.9%
  4. 4MANINDRA HANSDAHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,4914.6%
  5. 5KALIDAS MARANDIIndependent · IND1790.3%
  6. 6SONA MURMUIndependent · IND1680.3%
  7. 7ARUNA HANSDAHIndependent · IND1650.3%
  8. 8JONA BIKRAM BESRAIndependent · IND1470.3%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
JMM
Winner now
JMM
JMM–INC swing
−43.0%
JMM share
45.3% → 42.3%
INC share
0.0% → 40.0%
Turnout
— → —
159. Jarmundi161. Jama
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