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163. Godda

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-GODDA

JMM 42.1%won by 0.8%INC 41.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), which now leads by 0.8%.

  • Knife-edgeDecided by 638 votes (0.80%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • 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
80,101
Margin
638
0.80%

Candidates

10 contested · winner JMM
  1. 1SUMRIT MANDALJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM33,73942.1%
  2. 2HEMANT KU. JHAIndian National Congress · INC33,10141.3%
  3. 3NALINI SAHAYCommunist Party of India · CPI7,6729.6%
  4. 4VAIKUNTH PD. YADAVBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,9673.7%
  5. 5VAIKUNTH NATH MISHRAJanata Party · JNP7500.9%
  6. 6DIJ PAD MANDALIndependent · IND5750.7%
  7. 7UPENDRA MANJHIIndependent · IND4920.6%
  8. 8HEM KANT THAKURIndependent · IND3620.5%
  9. 9BISHESHWAR MANJHIIndependent · IND3050.4%
  10. 10ANUP LAL PRASADIndependent · IND1380.2%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
JMMflipped
JMM–INC swing
+6.5%
JMM share
40.6% → 42.1%
INC share
46.4% → 41.3%
Turnout
— → —
162. Poraiyahat164. Mahagama
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