Constituency
288. Ghatsila
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1985
BR-GHATSILA
INC 34.9%won by 2.9%JMM 32.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 2.9%.
- New challengerJharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) finished second with 32.0% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.8% between them, down from 77.2% — the field split more ways.
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
62,993
Margin
1,820
2.89%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1KARAN CHANDRA MARDIIndian National Congress · INC21,95434.9%
- 2SURYA SINGH BASERAJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM20,13432.0%
- 3TIKA RAM MAJHICommunist Party of India · CPI15,78025.1%
- 4SITA RAM TUDUIndependent · IND2,6004.1%
- 5BHADO HASDAIndependent · IND7401.2%
- 6DEORAJ BIRUAIndependent · IND7171.1%
- 7MAIDAS BASKEYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6841.1%
- 8GHANI RAM MURMUIndependent · IND1920.3%
- 9HIKIM CHANDRA TUDUIndependent · IND1920.3%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JMM swing
- −29.5%
- INC share
- 32.3% → 34.9%
- JMM share
- 0.0% → 32.0%
- Turnout
- — → —