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164. Mahagama

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-MAHAGAMA

INC 63.6%won by 42.0%LKD 21.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 19.8% to 42.0%.

  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 21.6% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.2% of the vote between them, up from 73.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
84,520
Margin
35,485
41.98%

Candidates

13 contested · winner INC
  1. 1AWADH BIHARI SINGHIndian National Congress · INC53,74263.6%
  2. 2SIDIKLKD · LKD18,25721.6%
  3. 3PRASADI DASCommunist Party of India · CPI4,9875.9%
  4. 4KALIKA PD. MISHRAIndependent · IND2,2642.7%
  5. 5AYUB HASSANJanata Party · JNP1,0991.3%
  6. 6SURESH THAKURIndependent · IND1,0821.3%
  7. 7SAHID AHMADJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM9661.1%
  8. 8MD. NIDARUDDINBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6840.8%
  9. 9SULEMANIndependent · IND5260.6%
  10. 10BINOY TANTIIndependent · IND2530.3%
  11. 11NAWAL KISHORE YADAVIndependent · IND2520.3%
  12. 12BIRENDRA SHIHIndependent · IND2470.3%
  13. 13MANENDRA MAHTOIndependent · IND1610.2%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–LKD swing
−4.4%
INC share
46.4% → 63.6%
LKD share
0.0% → 21.6%
Turnout
— → —
163. Godda165. Pirpainti
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