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271. Dhanwar

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-DHANWAR

BJP 26.0%won by 4.7%INC 21.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 4.7%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 16.8% to 26.0% of the vote here (+9.2%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 47.3% of the vote between them, up from 41.0% — 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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Valid votes
59,486
Margin
2,768
4.65%

Candidates

13 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1HARIHAR NARAYAN PRABHAKARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP15,46426.0%
  2. 2PUNIT ROYIndian National Congress · INC12,69621.3%
  3. 3GHULAM RASOOL ANSARIIndependent · IND11,73519.7%
  4. 4BHAGWAT PRASAD YADAVIndependent · IND7,75213.0%
  5. 5VIRENDRA PRASADLKD · LKD4,6227.8%
  6. 6DEOKINANDAN SHARMAJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM3,3075.6%
  7. 7BARKI MURMUIndependent · IND1,1141.9%
  8. 8MAHARAJ SINGHIndependent · IND7981.3%
  9. 9JAI PRAKASH SAHUJanata Party · JNP6241.0%
  10. 10AWADESH DASIndependent · IND4600.8%
  11. 11DIP CHAND GOELIndependent · IND4530.8%
  12. 12SUDHIR PANDEYIndependent · IND3250.5%
  13. 13ANIL NARAYAN DEOIndependent · IND1360.2%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–INC swing
+12.0%
BJP share
16.8% → 26.0%
INC share
24.2% → 21.3%
Turnout
— → —
270. Barkatha272. Bagodar
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