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267. Ramgarh

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-RAMGARH

INC 33.8%won by 0.7%CPI 33.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 2.7% to 0.7%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 33.1% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 66.9% of the vote between them, up from 47.1% — 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
70,517
Margin
461
0.65%

Candidates

10 contested · winner INC
  1. 1JAMUNA PRASAD SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC23,83133.8%
  2. 2SABIR AHMED QURESHICommunist Party of India · CPI23,37033.1%
  3. 3ARJUN RAMJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM16,88023.9%
  4. 4RIJHUNATH CHOUDHARYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,9095.5%
  5. 5UTAPANN KUMAR MUKHERJEEJanata Party · JNP9041.3%
  6. 6GIRISH TIWARIIndependent · IND4450.6%
  7. 7SHEOKUMAR GANDHILKD · LKD3460.5%
  8. 8BHOLA NATH GOSWAMIIndependent · IND3370.5%
  9. 9MD. MUSLIMIndependent · IND2850.4%
  10. 10MEGHNATH MAHTOIndependent · IND2100.3%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
−24.3%
INC share
24.9% → 33.8%
CPI share
0.0% → 33.1%
Turnout
— → —
266. Barkagaon268. Mandu
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