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203. Bakhtiarpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-BAKHTIARPUR

INC 49.1%won by 20.4%BJP 28.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: INCU (INCU) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 20.4%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 32.7% to 49.1% of the vote here (+16.4%).
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 28.6% — it polled just 0.4% in 1980.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.7% between them, down from 99.6% — the field split more ways.

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
94,941
Margin
19,409
20.44%

Candidates

18 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAM JAIPAL SINGH YADAVIndian National Congress · INC46,57149.1%
  2. 2KESHARI KISHORE SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP27,16228.6%
  3. 3DEVENDRA SINGHICS · ICS8,2818.7%
  4. 4ARUN KUMARIndependent · IND6,4876.8%
  5. 5MD. DAUKAT ALIIndependent · IND4,2784.5%
  6. 6PRABHU CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND6180.7%
  7. 7VINAY KRISHNA KU. YADAVJanata Party · JNP3830.4%
  8. 8KAPILDEO SINGHIndependent · IND2000.2%
  9. 9RAJENDRA SINGHIndependent · IND1950.2%
  10. 10VASHISTHA NARAIN SINGHIndependent · IND1380.1%
  11. 11VIJAY KUMARIndependent · IND1220.1%
  12. 12NAND KUMARIndependent · IND1140.1%
  13. 13JAGDISH SINGHIndependent · IND1080.1%
  14. 14PARAMA NAND SINGHIndependent · IND1020.1%
  15. 15VASANT SHARMAIndependent · IND800.1%
  16. 16NARSINGH SINGHIndependent · IND420.0%
  17. 17RAM KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND320.0%
  18. 18SUVAT KUMARIndependent · IND280.0%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INCU
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJP swing
−11.9%
INC share
32.7% → 49.1%
BJP share
0.4% → 28.6%
Turnout
— → —
202. Barh204. Fatwa
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