Election
Constituency

225. Karakat

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-KARAKAT

INC 40.8%won by 13.8%LKD 27.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: JNPSC (JNPSC) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 13.8%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 19.8% to 40.8% of the vote here (+21.1%).
  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 27.0% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 67.9% of the vote between them, up from 57.4% — 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
98,421
Margin
13,609
13.83%

Candidates

20 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SHASHI RANI MISHRAIndian National Congress · INC40,19940.8%
  2. 2TULSI SINGHLKD · LKD26,59027.0%
  3. 3RAM JEE PRASAD SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI20,55920.9%
  4. 4RAJESHWAR SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,3046.4%
  5. 5RAM KUMAR SINGHICJ · ICJ1,5671.6%
  6. 6KULDEEP TIWARYIndependent · IND7010.7%
  7. 7GUPUT GANDHIIndependent · IND5180.5%
  8. 8KAILASH SINGH YADAVIndependent · IND4590.5%
  9. 9BAIJNATH BHAGATIndependent · IND3340.3%
  10. 10SHRI NIWAS YADAVIndependent · IND3050.3%
  11. 11RAM SURESH SINGHIndependent · IND1520.2%
  12. 12BRIJNANDAN SINGHIndependent · IND1430.1%
  13. 13CHANDRA DEO SINGHIndependent · IND1200.1%
  14. 14CHANDRAMANI SINGHIndependent · IND1090.1%
  15. 15ASHOK KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND810.1%
  16. 16PERMANAND SAROGIIndependent · IND800.1%
  17. 17SHRI KRISHNA SINGHIndependent · IND730.1%
  18. 18SAVITRI DEVIIndependent · IND540.1%
  19. 19AYODHYA YADAVIndependent · IND500.1%
  20. 20RADHA MUNI SINGHIndependent · IND230.0%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
JNPSC
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–LKD swing
−6.0%
INC share
19.8% → 40.8%
LKD share
0.0% → 27.0%
Turnout
— → —
224. Sahar226. Bikramganj
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