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217. Shahpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-SHAHPUR

INC 59.1%won by 41.0%JNP 18.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.7% to 41.0%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from INCU (INCU) to Janata Party (JNP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.2% of the vote between them, up from 47.2% — 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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not in source
Valid votes
72,371
Margin
29,680
41.01%

Candidates

13 contested · winner INC
  1. 1VINDESHWARI DUBEYIndian National Congress · INC42,76659.1%
  2. 2SHIVA NAND TIWARIJanata Party · JNP13,08618.1%
  3. 3DHARAM PAL SINGHIndependent · IND8,78212.1%
  4. 4SAMBHU SARAN MISHRABharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,2734.5%
  5. 5G. P. OJHAIndependent · IND1,9702.7%
  6. 6VINAY KUMAR CHAUDARYIndependent · IND7461.0%
  7. 7PARSU RAM TATWAICS · ICS7361.0%
  8. 8DEO MUN ROYIndependent · IND2440.3%
  9. 9NAGENDRA PRASADIndependent · IND1980.3%
  10. 10BISHWANATH PANDEYIndependent · IND1810.3%
  11. 11SATYA NARAIN MISHRAIndependent · IND1450.2%
  12. 12BHUNESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND1430.2%
  13. 13RAMDEO THAKURIndependent · IND1010.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNP swing
+34.2%
INC share
26.9% → 59.1%
JNP share
20.1% → 18.1%
Turnout
— → —
216. Arrah218. Brahmpur
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