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171. Sultanganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-SULTANGANJ

INC 38.7%won by 13.7%LKD 25.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 13.7% to 13.7%.

  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 25.0% — 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
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not in source
Valid votes
70,539
Margin
9,678
13.72%

Candidates

11 contested · winner INC
  1. 1UMESH CHANDRAS DASIndian National Congress · INC27,30338.7%
  2. 2KAMPANY PASLKD · LKD17,62525.0%
  3. 3JAGDIV MANJHICommunist Party of India · CPI10,26714.6%
  4. 4GOVIND DAS SHASTRIIndependent · IND3,4844.9%
  5. 5MOTI LAL DASJanata Party · JNP2,4343.5%
  6. 6NARSINGH PRA MANDALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,3623.3%
  7. 7GOVERDHAN RAJAKICS · ICS2,1253.0%
  8. 8RAM BILASH PASIndependent · IND1,6902.4%
  9. 9LAXMI KANT MANJHIIndependent · IND1,4822.1%
  10. 10VISHNUDEO DASIndependent · IND1,2621.8%
  11. 11RAM SWAROOP PASWANIndependent · IND5050.7%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–LKD swing
−23.1%
INC share
36.8% → 38.7%
LKD share
0.0% → 25.0%
Turnout
— → —
170. Bihpur172. Amarpur
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