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227. Dinara

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-DINARA

INC 49.9%won by 4.1%LKD 45.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.1% to 4.1%.

  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 45.8% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.7% of the vote between them, up from 72.6% — 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
1,03,749
Margin
4,217
4.06%

Candidates

19 contested · winner INC
  1. 1LAKSHUMAN RAIIndian National Congress · INC51,73749.9%
  2. 2RAM DHANI SINGHLKD · LKD47,52045.8%
  3. 3RAM KRISHNA ALIAS BABUJEEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,6991.6%
  4. 4INDER SINGHIndependent · IND6140.6%
  5. 5BIKRAMA PANDEYIndependent · IND4920.5%
  6. 6SUBHASH CHANDRA SINGHJanata Party · JNP3100.3%
  7. 7LAKSHMAN RAMICJ · ICJ2590.2%
  8. 8LAKSHMAN SINGHIndependent · IND1890.2%
  9. 9GUTHALI SINGHIndependent · IND1540.1%
  10. 10RAMA SHANKER SARKARICS · ICS1390.1%
  11. 11AYODHYA MISHRAIndependent · IND1360.1%
  12. 12BHAGWAN CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND1260.1%
  13. 13SHRI BHAGWAN PATHAKIndependent · IND1230.1%
  14. 14BANARASI SINGHIndependent · IND930.1%
  15. 15RAM PATI PANDEYIndependent · IND600.1%
  16. 16LAKSHMAN PANDITIndependent · IND510.0%
  17. 17SHRI KRISHAN SHARMAIndependent · IND260.0%
  18. 18RAM PADRATH RAMIndependent · IND140.0%
  19. 19ANANT SINGHIndependent · IND70.0%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–LKD swing
−36.3%
INC share
40.4% → 49.9%
LKD share
0.0% → 45.8%
Turnout
— → —
226. Bikramganj228. Ramgarh
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