Election
Constituency

283. Nirsa

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-NIRSA

INC 50.3%won by 24.2%CPM 26.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 24.2%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 20.0% to 50.3% of the vote here (+30.2%).
  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 26.1% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.3% between them, down from 93.8% — the field split more ways.

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
63,660
Margin
15,407
24.20%

Candidates

14 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KRIPA SHANKER CHATTERJEEIndian National Congress · INC32,00450.3%
  2. 2S.K.BAKSHICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM16,59726.1%
  3. 3SHEO LAL MANJHIJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM5,1888.1%
  4. 4KRISHNA KAMAL MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India · CPI4,0046.3%
  5. 5DEO DAS MAHATOIndependent · IND2,4853.9%
  6. 6RAMPATI SHARMAIndependent · IND9811.5%
  7. 7BIBEK SADASHEOLKD · LKD8221.3%
  8. 8RAMASHRAY LALIndependent · IND4970.8%
  9. 9GANAURI YADAVIndependent · IND3260.5%
  10. 10CHATURAMAN MISHRAIndependent · IND3200.5%
  11. 11BIBTU CHARAN MAHATOIndependent · IND1330.2%
  12. 12HARDEO MANDALIndependent · IND1170.2%
  13. 13SHYAM SUNDER AGARWALIndependent · IND1090.2%
  14. 14YADUNANDAN MAHATOIndependent · IND770.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–CPM swing
+4.2%
INC share
20.0% → 50.3%
CPM share
0.0% → 26.1%
Turnout
— → —
282. Sindri284. Dhanbad
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