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207. Patna Central

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-PATNA-CENTRAL

INC 47.5%won by 28.2%BJP 19.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 28.2%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 25.1% to 47.5% of the vote here (+22.4%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 66.8% of the vote between them, up from 56.3% — 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
69,584
Margin
19,601
28.17%

Candidates

29 contested · winner INC
  1. 1AKEEL HAIDERIndian National Congress · INC33,02647.5%
  2. 2SHAILENDRA NATH SRIVASTAVABharatiya Janata Party · BJP13,42519.3%
  3. 3MUNNA MEHTALKD · LKD7,80111.2%
  4. 4SURENDRA SHARMAIndependent · IND5,0117.2%
  5. 5ANIL KUMAR SHARMAJanata Party · JNP3,8355.5%
  6. 6BHIM SINGHIndependent · IND1,7662.5%
  7. 7PANNA LAL GUPTAIndependent · IND9871.4%
  8. 8ATISH KUMARIndependent · IND6530.9%
  9. 9RAM KISHORE THAKURIndependent · IND5570.8%
  10. 10SIYAVAR SHARAN SINGHIndependent · IND4750.7%
  11. 11MD. YANNUSIndependent · IND3410.5%
  12. 12DWARIKA PRASADIndependent · IND3410.5%
  13. 13D. S. PANDEYIndependent · IND3070.4%
  14. 14SARDAR DEO NANDANIndependent · IND1610.2%
  15. 15SUBHODH KUMAR SAHUIndependent · IND1560.2%
  16. 16NAIM AKHTARIndependent · IND1540.2%
  17. 17BAHI KEDAR NATHIndependent · IND1040.1%
  18. 18PREM CHANDRA SINHAIndependent · IND870.1%
  19. 19SHAMBHU KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND750.1%
  20. 20PHOOL KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND540.1%
  21. 21VIRENDRA KUMARIndependent · IND540.1%
  22. 22BINAY RAUTIndependent · IND530.1%
  23. 23RAM KRISHNA GIRIIndependent · IND390.1%
  24. 24SATYENDRA KUMAR SINHAIndependent · IND330.0%
  25. 25EDVAL AHMEDIndependent · IND220.0%
  26. 26RAM ISHWAR THAKURIndependent · IND210.0%
  27. 27ASGAR IMAMIndependent · IND210.0%
  28. 28CHANDRA PRAKASH SINHAIndependent · IND150.0%
  29. 29GOPAL MAHTOIndependent · IND100.0%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJP swing
+34.3%
INC share
25.1% → 47.5%
BJP share
31.3% → 19.3%
Turnout
— → —
206. Patna West208. Patna East
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