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172. Amarpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-AMARPUR

INC 64.0%won by 49.7%LKD 14.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.8% to 49.7%.

  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 14.3% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.3% of the vote between them, up from 58.6% — 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
91,986
Margin
45,716
49.70%

Candidates

12 contested · winner INC
  1. 1NEEL MOHAN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC58,87764.0%
  2. 2DHIRENDRA PRASAD YADAVLKD · LKD13,16114.3%
  3. 3SARJU P. SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI5,6426.1%
  4. 4AMRENDRA KUMARIndependent · IND3,7424.1%
  5. 5DEOSHARAN SINGHIndependent · IND3,1493.4%
  6. 6GUNESHWAR P, SINGHJanata Party · JNP3,0183.3%
  7. 7SHANKER P. MODIIndependent · IND1,7611.9%
  8. 8JYOTISH SHARMAIndependent · IND1,2771.4%
  9. 9PRAKASH KUMAR YADAVIndependent · IND4440.5%
  10. 10UPENDRA SHARMAIndependent · IND3710.4%
  11. 11BRAHAMDEO YADAVIndependent · IND2760.3%
  12. 12UMESH MAHARANAIndependent · IND2680.3%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–LKD swing
+18.5%
INC share
31.2% → 64.0%
LKD share
0.0% → 14.3%
Turnout
— → —
171. Sultanganj173. Dhuraiya
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