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269. Hazaribagh

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-HAZARIBAGH

INC 47.1%won by 20.7%BJP 26.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.3% to 20.7%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 73.4% of the vote between them, up from 54.8% — 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
69,870
Margin
14,485
20.73%

Candidates

12 contested · winner INC
  1. 1H.H.RAHMANIndian National Congress · INC32,87847.1%
  2. 2DEO DAYAL RAMBharatiya Janata Party · BJP18,39326.3%
  3. 3SHAILESHWARI PRASADJanata Party · JNP6,3989.2%
  4. 4RAMDULAR SAHUCommunist Party of India · CPI3,9135.6%
  5. 5SHEO KUMAR SHIBUCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,7332.5%
  6. 6RAJENDRA GOPEIndependent · IND1,4052.0%
  7. 7GANESH PRASADIndependent · IND1,2321.8%
  8. 8RAFAT HUSSAINIndependent · IND1,0921.6%
  9. 9A.D.NANDIIndependent · IND9491.4%
  10. 10GIRIJA SHANKAR PRASADIndependent · IND8261.2%
  11. 11SWARUP CHAND JAINLKD · LKD5600.8%
  12. 12VIJAY RANAIndependent · IND4910.7%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
+2.9%
INC share
35.0% → 47.1%
BJP share
17.2% → 26.3%
Turnout
— → —
268. Mandu270. Barkatha
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