Constituency
265. Simaria
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1985
BR-SIMARIA
INC 43.0%won by 13.2%BJP 29.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 43.3% to 13.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 26.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.8% between them, down from 95.1% — the field split more ways.
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
42,223
Margin
5,590
13.24%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1ISHWARI RAM PASWANIndian National Congress · INC18,16343.0%
- 2UPENDRA NATH DASBharatiya Janata Party · BJP12,57329.8%
- 3RAMCHANDRA RAMCommunist Party of India · CPI10,87925.8%
- 4BHUPAL DAS PASWANIndependent · IND6081.4%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −30.0%
- INC share
- 69.2% → 43.0%
- BJP share
- 25.9% → 29.8%
- Turnout
- — → —