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285. Jharia

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-JHARIA

JNP 48.2%won by 19.8%INC 28.4%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.5% to 19.8%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.6% of the vote between them, up from 57.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
63,561
Margin
12,555
19.75%

Candidates

23 contested · winner JNP
  1. 1SURYADEO SINGHJanata Party · JNP30,60748.2%
  2. 2RAMESH PRASAD SINGHIndian National Congress · INC18,05228.4%
  3. 3SHEO KUMAR RAICommunist Party of India · CPI7,90912.4%
  4. 4S.M.ISLAMIndependent · IND1,4962.4%
  5. 5HARISH KUMAR JOSHIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,2391.9%
  6. 6L.N.SABERALKD · LKD1,1841.9%
  7. 7DUDHESHWAR MISHRAIndependent · IND6081.0%
  8. 8RAGHUNANDAN RAIIndependent · IND5350.8%
  9. 9JABAR KHANIndependent · IND2680.4%
  10. 10ANJUSHRI NANDIIndependent · IND2570.4%
  11. 11RANA PRATAP SINGHIndependent · IND2390.4%
  12. 12MAHADEO HARIIndependent · IND1920.3%
  13. 13SATI RAMJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM1700.3%
  14. 14NIRANJAN RAJAKIndependent · IND1580.2%
  15. 15RAMWATAR CHOUHANIndependent · IND1290.2%
  16. 16RAJENDER NISADIndependent · IND1220.2%
  17. 17BUDHAN RAMIndependent · IND990.2%
  18. 18RAM AWATAR AGARWALIndependent · IND640.1%
  19. 19ANAND PRASAD MANDALIndependent · IND620.1%
  20. 20ANJANI KUMAR JHAIndependent · IND500.1%
  21. 21AWDESHWAR JHAIndependent · IND430.1%
  22. 22HANSRAJ PRASADIndependent · IND390.1%
  23. 23MOIJUDDINIndependent · IND390.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
JNP
JNP–INC swing
−6.8%
JNP share
42.0% → 48.2%
INC share
15.5% → 28.4%
Turnout
— → —
284. Dhanbad286. Chandankiyari
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