Constituency
299. Chakradharpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1985
BR-CHAKRADHARPUR
BJP 30.3%won by 1.2%INC 29.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 1.2%.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 29.1% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.4% between them, down from 92.9% — 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
41,777
Margin
505
1.21%
Candidates
9 contested · winner BJP- 1JAGARNATH BAKIRABharatiya Janata Party · BJP12,65330.3%
- 2MAN RAI SINGH BODRAIndian National Congress · INC12,14829.1%
- 3MACHUA GAGRAIJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM8,32519.9%
- 4RAM RAI GAGRAIIndependent · IND4,1139.8%
- 5THOMAS PURTYIndependent · IND1,6253.9%
- 6SOMNATH KUNTIYACommunist Party of India · CPI1,3853.3%
- 7RAM LAL HOIndependent · IND6431.5%
- 8PRADHAN JAMUNDALKD · LKD6361.5%
- 9MANU KERAIIndependent · IND2490.6%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- JMM
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- −27.8%
- BJP share
- 29.0% → 30.3%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 29.1%
- Turnout
- — → —