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180. Kharagpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-KHARAGPUR

INC 31.7%won by 11.8%LKD 19.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: JNPSC (JNPSC) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 11.8%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 19.9% to 31.7% of the vote here (+11.8%).
  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 19.9% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 51.6% of the vote between them, up from 42.2% — 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
90,648
Margin
10,720
11.83%

Candidates

15 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAJENDRA PD. SINGHIndian National Congress · INC28,73831.7%
  2. 2JAI PRAKASH NA. YADAVLKD · LKD18,01819.9%
  3. 3SUKHDEO YADAVIndependent · IND17,52319.3%
  4. 4THAKUR RAM BARAN SINGHJanata Party · JNP13,94315.4%
  5. 5NAVIN KUMAR NAVINIndependent · IND3,9384.3%
  6. 6RUPESH KUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,6793.0%
  7. 7BHUPENDRA KAPRICommunist Party of India · CPI1,5261.7%
  8. 8SURYA NARAYAN SINGHIndependent · IND1,2151.3%
  9. 9KESHAV TATIIndependent · IND9671.1%
  10. 10BIPIN KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND8200.9%
  11. 11VASANT PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND5620.6%
  12. 12JHARI LAL HEMRAMIndependent · IND2400.3%
  13. 13KISHUN YADAVIndependent · IND2310.3%
  14. 14KANHAIYA PD. SAHIndependent · IND1760.2%
  15. 15KEDAR PD. KESHRIIndependent · IND720.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
JNPSC
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–LKD swing
−8.1%
INC share
19.9% → 31.7%
LKD share
0.0% → 19.9%
Turnout
— → —
179. Tarapur181. Parbatta
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