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201. Mokamah

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-MOKAMAH

INC 37.5%won by 2.8%IND 34.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.1% to 2.8%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 72.2% of the vote between them, up from 50.6% — 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
95,821
Margin
2,678
2.79%

Candidates

16 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SHYAM SUNDER SINGHIndian National Congress · INC35,92937.5%
  2. 2DILIP KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND33,25134.7%
  3. 3SHIV SHANKER SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI19,20420.0%
  4. 4VIJAY KUMAR YADAVLKD · LKD2,0262.1%
  5. 5VISHUNDHARI LALIndependent · IND1,4551.5%
  6. 6MADAN SHARMAIndependent · IND1,3641.4%
  7. 7RAMASHRAY PD. SINGHIndependent · IND1,2411.3%
  8. 8ASHISH KUMAR CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND3080.3%
  9. 9VIRENDRA PRASADIndependent · IND1870.2%
  10. 10LALITA PRASADIndependent · IND1810.2%
  11. 11MAHESHWAR PD. SINGHICS · ICS1550.2%
  12. 12SOHAN PD. SINGHIndependent · IND1550.2%
  13. 13VINAY KUMARIndependent · IND1050.1%
  14. 14BALESHWAR PRASADIndependent · IND1020.1%
  15. 15WALMIKI SINGHIndependent · IND820.1%
  16. 16NIRANJAN CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND760.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−14.1%
INC share
28.4% → 37.5%
IND share
11.4% → 34.7%
Turnout
— → —
200. Harnaut202. Barh
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