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221. Dumraon

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-DUMRAON

INC 52.4%won by 32.3%CPI 20.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.1% to 32.3%.

  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
78,283
Margin
25,248
32.25%

Candidates

13 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BASANT SINGHIndian National Congress · INC41,04652.4%
  2. 2RAM ASHRAY SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI15,79820.2%
  3. 3LALLAN HARIJANIndependent · IND11,04514.1%
  4. 4BABBAN SINGH YADAVLKD · LKD5,0566.5%
  5. 5BRIJ BIHARI DUBEYIndependent · IND1,5632.0%
  6. 6MITHILESH KUMAR SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,0381.3%
  7. 7BIJADHAR RAIIndependent · IND1,0171.3%
  8. 8SARIFUDDIN ANSARIIndependent · IND6700.9%
  9. 9LAL BABU JAISWALJanata Party · JNP3720.5%
  10. 10GOURI SHANKAR TEWARYIndependent · IND3700.5%
  11. 11SARJOO SINGHIndependent · IND1430.2%
  12. 12GOPAL SINGHIndependent · IND1220.2%
  13. 13SHEO KUMAR DUBEYIndependent · IND430.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
+23.2%
INC share
41.7% → 52.4%
CPI share
32.7% → 20.2%
Turnout
— → —
220. Rajpur222. Jagdishpur
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