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235. Dehri

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-DEHRI

INC 41.3%won by 8.8%LKD 32.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: JNPSC (JNPSC) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 8.8%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 19.4% to 41.3% of the vote here (+21.9%).
  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 32.5% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 73.8% of the vote between them, up from 41.7% — 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
78,182
Margin
6,896
8.82%

Candidates

16 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KHALID ANWAR ANSARIIndian National Congress · INC32,30341.3%
  2. 2MD. ILIAS HUSSAINLKD · LKD25,40732.5%
  3. 3SRI NIWAS MISHRAIndependent · IND12,11015.5%
  4. 4RAM SUBHAG SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI2,3273.0%
  5. 5NARENDRA KUMAR SINGHJanata Party · JNP1,7052.2%
  6. 6RAM CHANDRA SINGHICJ · ICJ1,1111.4%
  7. 7RAMDEO CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND9571.2%
  8. 8RAJENDRA PRASADIndependent · IND5050.6%
  9. 9SUBHAS RAIIndependent · IND3560.5%
  10. 10GORAKH NATH SHARMAIndependent · IND3000.4%
  11. 11KHURSHID ANSARIICS · ICS2900.4%
  12. 12RAM SAKAL PASWANIndependent · IND2640.3%
  13. 13MAHENDRA PANDEYIndependent · IND2530.3%
  14. 14ALGUDHAR SINGHIndependent · IND1300.2%
  15. 15KAMESHWAR RAIIndependent · IND910.1%
  16. 16RAM AWADHESH SINGHIndependent · IND730.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
JNPSC
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–LKD swing
−10.6%
INC share
19.4% → 41.3%
LKD share
0.0% → 32.5%
Turnout
— → —
234. Nokha236. Nabinagar
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