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Constituency

262. Kodarma

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-KODARMA

INC 46.7%won by 6.7%IND 40.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 25.2% to 6.7%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from INCU (INCU) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.7% of the vote between them, up from 70.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
71,740
Margin
4,824
6.72%

Candidates

12 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAJENDRA NATH DAWANIndian National Congress · INC33,50546.7%
  2. 2RAMESH PRASAD YADAVIndependent · IND28,68140.0%
  3. 3RAMESH SINGHJanata Party · JNP3,5525.0%
  4. 4ABDUL RAZAQUEIndependent · IND1,7682.5%
  5. 5DARSHAN PRASADIndependent · IND1,5972.2%
  6. 6VISHWANATH MODILKD · LKD9471.3%
  7. 7DEO PRAKSAH YADAVJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM5920.8%
  8. 8ARJUN MAHTOIndependent · IND3210.4%
  9. 9OM PRASAD SHARMAIndependent · IND3000.4%
  10. 10LAKHAN LAL DIXITIndependent · IND2150.3%
  11. 11SADANAND SINGHIndependent · IND1370.2%
  12. 12MOHAMMAD ISRAR KORESHIIndependent · IND1250.2%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−35.1%
INC share
47.6% → 46.7%
IND share
5.8% → 40.0%
Turnout
— → —
261. Hisua263. Barhi
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