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Constituency

303. Khunti

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-KHUNTI

INC 42.7%won by 13.4%IND 29.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.0% to 13.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.0% between them, down from 92.8% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
40,470
Margin
5,438
13.44%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−41.6%
INC share
57.4% 42.7%
IND share
2.4% 29.3%
Turnout