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244. Makhdumpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-MAKHDUMPUR

INC 49.1%won by 14.5%IND 34.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.9% to 14.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 34.7% — it polled just 0.3% in 1980.

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
1,23,899
Margin
17,941
14.48%

Candidates

14 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAM JATAN SINHAIndian National Congress · INC60,89449.1%
  2. 2RAJENDRA PRASADIndependent · IND42,95334.7%
  3. 3TILAK DEO SHARMABharatiya Janata Party · BJP13,12010.6%
  4. 4ISHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND5,2364.2%
  5. 5SARJU NANDAN PRASADLKD · LKD7380.6%
  6. 6JAGDEO SINGHIndependent · IND4130.3%
  7. 7RANG NATH SHARMAIndependent · IND1980.2%
  8. 8RAM EKBAL SINGHIndependent · IND1270.1%
  9. 9RAM NANDAN PRASADIndependent · IND930.1%
  10. 10SIYA RAM SHARMAJanata Party · JNP410.0%
  11. 11MAHESH PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND340.0%
  12. 12SHAMIMUDIN KHANIndependent · IND200.0%
  13. 13SAKAL DEO SINGHIndependent · IND170.0%
  14. 14AWADHESH PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND150.0%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−39.3%
INC share
54.1% → 49.1%
IND share
0.3% → 34.7%
Turnout
— → —
243. Kurtha245. Jahanabad
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