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168. Bhagalpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-BHAGALPUR

INC 61.1%won by 45.7%JNP 15.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.5% to 45.7%.

  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 15.3% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 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
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not in source
Valid votes
84,742
Margin
38,759
45.74%

Candidates

14 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SHEO CHANDRA JHAIndian National Congress · INC51,75561.1%
  2. 2FAIYAZ BHAGALPURIJanata Party · JNP12,99615.3%
  3. 3BANARSI PRA GUPTALKD · LKD9,30111.0%
  4. 4VIJAY KUMAR MITRABharatiya Janata Party · BJP8,66610.2%
  5. 5ASHOK KUMAR GHOSHIndependent · IND8601.0%
  6. 6MIRZA ABBAS HUSSAINICJ · ICJ2540.3%
  7. 7PRATAP SAHIndependent · IND1900.2%
  8. 8SOHAN BHARTIIndependent · IND1300.2%
  9. 9RAM NIWAS TIWARIIndependent · IND1250.1%
  10. 10UDAI SHANKER VERMAIndependent · IND1140.1%
  11. 11EKBAL FARUKIndependent · IND1040.1%
  12. 12KAILASH RAIIndependent · IND880.1%
  13. 13MAHABIR LALIndependent · IND830.1%
  14. 14RAM NARAYAN SAHIndependent · IND760.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNP swing
+5.1%
INC share
40.6% → 61.1%
JNP share
0.0% → 15.3%
Turnout
— → —
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