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297. Jaganathpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-JAGANATHPUR

INC 38.3%won by 18.8%LKD 19.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 18.8%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 26.8% to 38.3% of the vote here (+11.5%).
  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 19.5% — it did not contest here in 1980.

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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not in source
Valid votes
28,968
Margin
5,443
18.79%

Candidates

10 contested · winner INC
  1. 1ANKURA HO DOREIBURUIndian National Congress · INC11,09738.3%
  2. 2MANGAL SINGH LAMAILKD · LKD5,65419.5%
  3. 3GARDI KERAIJanata Party · JNP3,73212.9%
  4. 4AJAMBAR GURIAIndependent · IND2,3598.1%
  5. 5CHITRASEN SINKUBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,0787.2%
  6. 6CHAKRAVERTI SUMBRUICommunist Party of India · CPI1,8416.4%
  7. 7HIBAR GURIAIndependent · IND8863.1%
  8. 8RAM LAL BANRAIndependent · IND5782.0%
  9. 9RASIKA HEMBROMIndependent · IND4431.5%
  10. 10HEERA LAL BIRULIJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM3001.0%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–LKD swing
−8.0%
INC share
26.8% → 38.3%
LKD share
0.0% → 19.5%
Turnout
— → —
296. Majhgaon298. Manoharpur
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