Constituency
179. Tarapur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1985
BR-TARAPUR
IND 46.5%won by 14.9%INC 31.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 14.9%.
- IND vote shareIND went from 13.4% to 46.5% of the vote here (+33.1%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.1% of the vote between them, up from 41.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
91,042
Margin
13,557
14.89%
Candidates
12 contested · winner IND- 1SHAKUNI CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND42,33846.5%
- 2VIJAYA LAKSHMI DEVIIndian National Congress · INC28,78131.6%
- 3NARAIN YADAVCommunist Party of India · CPI5,9526.5%
- 4VIJOY NARAYAN KAPRIIndependent · IND5,5736.1%
- 5CHHATRAPATI SINGHLKD · LKD3,7054.1%
- 6ANIRUDDHA SHARMAIndependent · IND2,9273.2%
- 7VIJYA N. PRASHANTIndependent · IND5450.6%
- 8SHANKER PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND3820.4%
- 9MITHLES SINGHIndependent · IND3250.4%
- 10UPENDRA JHAIndependent · IND2640.3%
- 11MAHESH SAHIndependent · IND1610.2%
- 12JAI PARKASH YADAVIndependent · IND890.1%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–INC swing
- +20.4%
- IND share
- 13.4% → 46.5%
- INC share
- 19.0% → 31.6%
- Turnout
- — → —