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Constituency

242. Arwal

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-ARWAL

IND 55.2%won by 29.2%INC 26.0%

What changed here

Derived

Independent held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.5% to 29.2%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.1% of the vote between them, up from 41.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatIndependent won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,18,939
Margin
34,747
29.21%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
IND
INDINC swing
+27.7%
IND share
21.3% 55.2%
INC share
19.8% 26.0%
Turnout