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174. Banka

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-BANKA

INC 70.9%won by 44.0%IND 26.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 34.0% to 44.0%.

  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 26.9% — it polled just 1.2% in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.7% of the vote between them, up from 67.2% — 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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Valid votes
87,133
Margin
38,317
43.98%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1CHANDRA SHEKHAR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC61,74370.9%
  2. 2BEDA NAND SINGHIndependent · IND23,42626.9%
  3. 3RAMCHANDER RAMANIndependent · IND7920.9%
  4. 4UDIT NARAYAN YADAVIndependent · IND3740.4%
  5. 5LAKSHMI K. SINGHIndependent · IND3560.4%
  6. 6PRITHI CHANDRA SAHIndependent · IND2570.3%
  7. 7SITARAM SINGHIndependent · IND1850.2%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−5.5%
INC share
50.6% → 70.9%
IND share
1.2% → 26.9%
Turnout
— → —
173. Dhuraiya175. Belhar
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