Constituency
257. Nawada
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1985
BR-NAWADA
INC 39.7%won by 2.3%BJP 37.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 2.3%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 20.8% to 39.7% of the vote here (+18.9%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from INCU (INCU) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.1% of the vote between them, up from 64.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,18,477
Margin
2,669
2.25%
Candidates
10 contested · winner INC- 1NARENDRA KUMARIndian National Congress · INC46,99239.7%
- 2M.KRISHAN PRASADBharatiya Janata Party · BJP44,32337.4%
- 3GANESH SHAKAR VIDYARTHICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM12,98011.0%
- 4SHAHANSHAHA WAKTIndependent · IND11,6179.8%
- 5JANKI PRASADIndependent · IND6440.5%
- 6YUGAL KISHORE YADAVIndependent · IND5550.5%
- 7NIDESH KUMARIndependent · IND4720.4%
- 8SURESH PRASADIndependent · IND3670.3%
- 9MARENDRA KUMAR SINHAIndependent · IND3470.3%
- 10BIPIN BIHARIIndependent · IND1800.2%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- −10.7%
- INC share
- 20.8% → 39.7%
- BJP share
- 7.8% → 37.4%
- Turnout
- — → —