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259. Gobindpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-GOBINDPUR

INC 57.8%won by 45.2%CPI 12.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 27.1% to 45.2%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
94,524
Margin
42,728
45.20%

Candidates

15 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GAYATREE DEVIIndian National Congress · INC54,63857.8%
  2. 2MAHENDRA PANDAYCommunist Party of India · CPI11,91012.6%
  3. 3AMRIT MAHTOLKD · LKD11,22011.9%
  4. 4SUNIL KUMAR CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND11,17711.8%
  5. 5LAXMI NARAIN SINGHIndependent · IND2,3922.5%
  6. 6A.KALIMBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,3471.4%
  7. 7MD. MOKHTARJanata Party · JNP6960.7%
  8. 8DINESH KUMARIndependent · IND3730.4%
  9. 9MAMTA PRASAD SINGH CHANDELICJ · ICJ1880.2%
  10. 10RAJESHWAR RAJENDRAIndependent · IND1630.2%
  11. 11RAUF KHANIndependent · IND1120.1%
  12. 12JAIKARAN PRASAD YADAVIndependent · IND1090.1%
  13. 13GANAURI RAMIndependent · IND910.1%
  14. 14ISHBARI PRASAD YADAVIndependent · IND610.1%
  15. 15BADRI RAJWARIndependent · IND470.0%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
+9.5%
INC share
46.5% → 57.8%
CPI share
10.8% → 12.6%
Turnout
— → —
258. Rajauli260. Warsaliganj
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