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208. Patna East

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-PATNA-EAST

INC 33.9%won by 3.8%CPI 30.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.4% to 3.8%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 64.1% of the vote between them, up from 46.5% — 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
73,767
Margin
2,767
3.75%

Candidates

23 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SHARAT KUMAR JAINIndian National Congress · INC25,00833.9%
  2. 2RAM LAKHAN YADAVCommunist Party of India · CPI22,24130.2%
  3. 3RAMDEO MAHTOBharatiya Janata Party · BJP19,73826.8%
  4. 4SARAYU PRASADJanata Party · JNP4,2825.8%
  5. 5SHAMBHU NATH SINGHIndependent · IND5190.7%
  6. 6IBRAR AHMADIndependent · IND4140.6%
  7. 7LAXMI NARAIN RAILKD · LKD3230.4%
  8. 8RAM BABUIndependent · IND1900.3%
  9. 9MAHENDRA SINGHIndependent · IND1860.3%
  10. 10JAGESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND1430.2%
  11. 11BAL KRISHNA SHAHIndependent · IND1180.2%
  12. 12VIDYA SAGAR SHARMAIndependent · IND960.1%
  13. 13SUSHIL KUMAR RAIIndependent · IND940.1%
  14. 14SURESH PD. YADAVIndependent · IND830.1%
  15. 15ANUP SINGHIndependent · IND680.1%
  16. 16KARU SINGHIndependent · IND520.1%
  17. 17SUBHASH CHANDRA MEHTAIndependent · IND400.1%
  18. 18TARKESHWAR MAURYAIndependent · IND380.1%
  19. 19VRIJ MOHAN LALLIndependent · IND340.0%
  20. 20AMRENDRA KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND310.0%
  21. 21VRIJ BHUSHAN PRASADIndependent · IND250.0%
  22. 22SUSHIL GOPEICS · ICS240.0%
  23. 23A. K. AWASTHIIndependent · IND200.0%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
−1.2%
INC share
23.5% → 33.9%
CPI share
18.5% → 30.2%
Turnout
— → —
207. Patna Central209. Dinapur
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