Constituency
303. Khunti
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1985
BR-KHUNTI
INC 42.7%won by 13.4%IND 29.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
40,470
Margin
5,438
13.44%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1SUSHILA KERKETTAIndian National Congress · INC17,28242.7%
- 2HERENJ JOHAN PAHANIndependent · IND11,84429.3%
- 3KARIA MUNDABharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,74419.1%
- 4CHHATRAPAL SINGH MUNDAIndependent · IND1,8804.6%
- 5RATNAKAR MUNDAIndependent · IND6141.5%
- 6FULMANI ORAONIndependent · IND5761.4%
- 7CHONHAS KHALKHOJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM3690.9%
- 8HATHI RAM MUNDAIndependent · IND1610.4%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −41.6%
- INC share
- 57.4% → 42.7%
- IND share
- 2.4% → 29.3%
- Turnout
- — → —