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206. Patna West

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-PATNA-WEST

IND 30.9%won by 11.3%CPM 19.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 11.3%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 2.1% to 30.9% of the vote here (+28.9%).
  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 19.7% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 50.6% between them, down from 57.8% — 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
90,724
Margin
10,210
11.25%

Candidates

31 contested · winner IND
  1. 1RAM NANDAN PRASAD ALIAS RAMANAND YADAVIndependent · IND28,06230.9%
  2. 2YOGESHWAR GOPECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM17,85219.7%
  3. 3INDRA SINGHIndian National Congress · INC17,04718.8%
  4. 4URMILA DEVICommunist Party of India · CPI7,6398.4%
  5. 5P. K. SINHALKD · LKD4,7495.2%
  6. 6GYANDEO SHARMABharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,5195.0%
  7. 7CHHOTAN SINGHJanata Party · JNP2,3102.5%
  8. 8BRAJESH KU. SINGHICS · ICS1,7752.0%
  9. 9ASHOK KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1,5761.7%
  10. 10ARUN KUMAR VERMAIndependent · IND1,1471.3%
  11. 11SHARHA NAND RAIIndependent · IND1,0551.2%
  12. 12DINESHWAR PD. SINGHIndependent · IND4710.5%
  13. 13TARAKANT PRAKASHRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP4090.5%
  14. 14ASHA SINGHIndependent · IND4040.4%
  15. 15SHIVSHANKER SHARMAIndependent · IND2520.3%
  16. 16KEWAL KUMARIndependent · IND2020.2%
  17. 17MD. ABBASIndependent · IND1950.2%
  18. 18K. P. SINGHIndependent · IND1570.2%
  19. 19RAMJI PRASADIndependent · IND1370.2%
  20. 20ASRAR JAMAIIndependent · IND1180.1%
  21. 21KAMLESHWAR SHARMAIndependent · IND1100.1%
  22. 22RAVINDRA KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND770.1%
  23. 23DRIGONMESHWARIndependent · IND720.1%
  24. 24SOHAN PASWANIndependent · IND670.1%
  25. 25DILIP KUMARIndependent · IND660.1%
  26. 26MU. HALIMIndependent · IND530.1%
  27. 27RAM EQBAL SINGHIndependent · IND510.1%
  28. 28AWADH KISHORE SINGHIndependent · IND510.1%
  29. 29MADHUSUDAN SINGHIndependent · IND440.0%
  30. 30RAJ KISHORE SINGHIndependent · IND290.0%
  31. 31SARAYUG PASWANIndependent · IND280.0%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INDflipped
IND–CPM swing
+9.2%
IND share
2.1% → 30.9%
CPM share
0.0% → 19.7%
Turnout
— → —
205. Masaurhi207. Patna Central
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