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237. Deo

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-DEO

INC 60.0%won by 33.8%BJP 26.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 55.9% to 33.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
57,813
Margin
19,536
33.79%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−24.7%
INC share
69.5% 60.0%
BJP share
11.0% 26.2%
Turnout