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Constituency

291. Jamshedpur East

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-JAMSHEDPUR-EAST

INC 47.5%won by 11.6%BJP 35.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 11.6%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 35.8% to 47.5% of the vote here (+11.7%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.4% of the vote between them, up from 71.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
67,046
Margin
7,798
11.63%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCBJP swing
+11.8%
INC share
35.8% 47.5%
BJP share
36.0% 35.9%
Turnout