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Constituency

265. Simaria

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-SIMARIA

INC 43.0%won by 13.2%BJP 29.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
42,223
Margin
5,590
13.24%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−30.0%
INC share
69.2% 43.0%
BJP share
25.9% 29.8%
Turnout