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Constituency

295. Chaibasa

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-CHAIBASA

BJP 40.5%won by 4.6%INC 35.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 4.6%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 0.0% to 40.5% of the vote here (+40.5%).
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 35.9% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.4% of the vote between them, up from 66.3% — 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
35,933
Margin
1,658
4.61%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJPINC swing
+4.6%
BJP share
0.0% 40.5%
INC share
0.0% 35.9%
Turnout