Election
Constituency

182. Chautham

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-CHAUTHAM

INC 31.7%won by 4.0%CPI 27.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.6% to 4.0%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from JNPSC (JNPSC) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
  • Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
82,150
Margin
3,288
4.00%

Candidates

10 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KAMLESHWARI SINGHIndian National Congress · INC26,02531.7%
  2. 2SATYA N. SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI22,73727.7%
  3. 3JAGDAMBI MANDALLKD · LKD20,12724.5%
  4. 4LALITESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND6,9538.5%
  5. 5PRABHUDAYAL SINGHJanata Party · JNP4,4625.4%
  6. 6RAMESH KUMARIndependent · IND8601.0%
  7. 7SUNDAR KUMAR VERMAIndependent · IND3920.5%
  8. 8RAMDHARI PRASADIndependent · IND2060.3%
  9. 9GANESH PD. SINGHIndependent · IND1960.2%
  10. 10SUMITRA DEVIIndependent · IND1920.2%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
+0.4%
INC share
31.5% → 31.7%
CPI share
27.9% → 27.7%
Turnout
— → —
181. Parbatta183. Khagaria
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