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305. Khijri

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-KHIJRI

INC 39.7%won by 14.5%BJP 25.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.4% to 14.5%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 64.9% of the vote between them, up from 47.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
39,506
Margin
5,742
14.53%

Candidates

15 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GOMESHRI MANKIIndian National Congress · INC15,68839.7%
  2. 2RATI ORAONBharatiya Janata Party · BJP9,94625.2%
  3. 3MATIASH DEMTAJanata Party · JNP4,17510.6%
  4. 4MAHINDER KACHHAPIndependent · IND2,5846.5%
  5. 5GHANSHYAM MUNDACommunist Party of India · CPI2,4656.2%
  6. 6SHANICHARWA ORAONLKD · LKD1,5754.0%
  7. 7FRANCIS SARWANJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM6631.7%
  8. 8SUKRA KUJURIndependent · IND5351.4%
  9. 9R. L. HOROICS · ICS4281.1%
  10. 10SHOMNATH KUMAR ORAONIndependent · IND3520.9%
  11. 11ANUJ KUMAR DHANIndependent · IND3320.8%
  12. 12FULMANI DEVIIndependent · IND2710.7%
  13. 13SHREE KACHHAPIndependent · IND2470.6%
  14. 14ASHAPATI TOPPOIndependent · IND1770.4%
  15. 15SANCHARWA LAKRAIndependent · IND680.2%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
+3.2%
INC share
28.5% → 39.7%
BJP share
17.2% → 25.2%
Turnout
— → —
304. Silli306. Ranchi
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