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175. Belhar

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-BELHAR

INC 44.7%won by 23.2%IND 21.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 23.2%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 16.4% to 44.7% of the vote here (+28.3%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 66.2% of the vote between them, up from 57.0% — 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
74,991
Margin
17,398
23.20%

Candidates

14 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SIYARAM RAIIndian National Congress · INC33,50644.7%
  2. 2CHANDRA MAULESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND16,10821.5%
  3. 3CHATURBHUJ PRASAD SINGHLKD · LKD13,41517.9%
  4. 4SUSHIL K. YADAVBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,6747.6%
  5. 5RAJENDRA PANDITJanata Party · JNP3,6264.8%
  6. 6SHIVNANDAN DASIndependent · IND7791.0%
  7. 7BALARAM PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND7131.0%
  8. 8RAMDEO SHARMAIndependent · IND2630.4%
  9. 9NIAMUL MIANIndependent · IND2310.3%
  10. 10BINDESHWARI MANDALIndependent · IND1820.2%
  11. 11SAHDEO PANDITJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM1730.2%
  12. 12PRAVEEN KUMAR SHARMAIndependent · IND1300.2%
  13. 13NAND KISHORE PANDITIndependent · IND1030.1%
  14. 14SHAKUNTALA DEVIIndependent · IND880.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–IND swing
+41.9%
INC share
16.4% → 44.7%
IND share
35.1% → 21.5%
Turnout
— → —
174. Banka176. Katoria
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