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260. Warsaliganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-WARSALIGANJ

INC 60.5%won by 46.0%IND 14.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.1% to 46.0%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Independent (IND).
  • 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
95,374
Margin
43,863
45.99%

Candidates

13 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BANDI SHANKAR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC57,65960.5%
  2. 2CHANDESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND13,79614.5%
  3. 3RAMKISHORE SHARMACommunist Party of India · CPI13,59514.3%
  4. 4SHEOPUJAN SINGHIndependent · IND6,1206.4%
  5. 5RAMRATAN SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,2701.3%
  6. 6SURESH SINGHIndependent · IND9891.0%
  7. 7SHIVAJI SINHALKD · LKD8880.9%
  8. 8HARIAHAR YADAVIndependent · IND6990.7%
  9. 9DABENDRA SINGHIndependent · IND840.1%
  10. 10RAMCHANDRA SHASTRIIndependent · IND740.1%
  11. 11SHESH KUMAR PRASADIndependent · IND690.1%
  12. 12ANWARIndependent · IND690.1%
  13. 13JAGDINSH SINGHIndependent · IND620.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
+7.4%
INC share
44.3% → 60.5%
IND share
5.8% → 14.5%
Turnout
— → —
259. Gobindpur261. Hisua
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