Constituency
296. Majhgaon
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1985
BR-MAJHGAON
INC 35.9%won by 21.7%IND 14.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 39.9% to 21.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 18.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 50.0% between them, down from 68.3% — 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
33,823
Margin
7,338
21.70%
Candidates
13 contested · winner INC- 1DEVENDRA NATH CHAMPIAIndian National Congress · INC12,13035.9%
- 2BUDHAN SINGH TAMSOYIndependent · IND4,79214.2%
- 3JAGMOHAN TIRIAIndependent · IND4,34412.8%
- 4KALICHARAN HEMBROMBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,9098.6%
- 5JUMBAL BIRUAIndependent · IND2,3557.0%
- 6GOVERDHAN NAIKJanata Party · JNP2,1936.5%
- 7SHIV CHARAN HONHAGAIndependent · IND1,3153.9%
- 8CHOTAN LAL BIRUAIndependent · IND1,3013.8%
- 9KOLAY BIRUAIndependent · IND6191.8%
- 10PURNA CHANDRA SINKUIndependent · IND5911.7%
- 11DULURAM BIRUAIndependent · IND5041.5%
- 12ARJUN TAMSOYIndependent · IND4461.3%
- 13SURENDRA BOIPAIIndependent · IND3241.0%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −18.2%
- INC share
- 54.1% → 35.9%
- IND share
- 14.2% → 14.2%
- Turnout
- — → —