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287. Baharagora

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-BAHARAGORA

CPI 46.1%won by 1.8%INC 44.4%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.1% to 1.8%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.5% of the vote between them, up from 67.4% — 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
69,902
Margin
1,224
1.75%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1DEVI PADA UPADHYAYCommunist Party of India · CPI32,23846.1%
  2. 2BISHNU PADO GHOSHIndian National Congress · INC31,01444.4%
  3. 3GYAN RANJAN MAHTOJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM2,7784.0%
  4. 4CHARU CHANDRA MANDIIndependent · IND1,9512.8%
  5. 5PURNO TUDUIndependent · IND1,3752.0%
  6. 6SATYA DOLAIIndependent · IND5460.8%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–INC swing
−9.4%
CPI share
39.3% → 46.1%
INC share
28.1% → 44.4%
Turnout
— → —
286. Chandankiyari288. Ghatsila
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