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213. Paliganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-PALIGANJ

INC 62.5%won by 36.3%BJP 26.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: INCU (INCU) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 36.3%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 3.2% to 62.5% of the vote here (+59.2%).
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
88,244
Margin
32,025
36.29%

Candidates

15 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAM LAKHAN SINGH YADAVIndian National Congress · INC55,12662.5%
  2. 2KANHAI SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP23,10126.2%
  3. 3JAI RAM PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND2,5482.9%
  4. 4AMBIKA PRASADIndependent · IND2,3062.6%
  5. 5NATHUN PRASAD VERMAJanata Party · JNP1,9702.2%
  6. 6RAGHVENDRA SINGHIndependent · IND9331.1%
  7. 7PANDIT SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI6170.7%
  8. 8AWADHESH KUMARIndependent · IND4270.5%
  9. 9DINA NATH PRASADIndependent · IND4010.5%
  10. 10KRISHNA KUMAR SINHAICJ · ICJ1690.2%
  11. 11BIRENDRA PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND1470.2%
  12. 12KRISHNA KUMARIndependent · IND1450.2%
  13. 13RAJNATH PASWANIndependent · IND1190.1%
  14. 14TEK N. GUPTAIndependent · IND1180.1%
  15. 15SANTOSHI MEHTALKD · LKD1170.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INCU
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJP swing
+65.7%
INC share
3.2% → 62.5%
BJP share
32.6% → 26.2%
Turnout
— → —
212. Bikram214. Sandesh
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