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Constituency

263. Barhi

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-BARHI

INC 27.0%won by 0.2%CPI 26.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.2% to 0.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 104 votes (0.23%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
44,719
Margin
104
0.23%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPI swing
−6.0%
INC share
30.4% 27.0%
CPI share
24.2% 26.8%
Turnout