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309. Mandar

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-MANDAR

INC 50.1%won by 19.1%IND 31.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 37.7% to 19.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from JNPSC (JNPSC) to Independent (IND).

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
51,260
Margin
9,803
19.12%

Candidates

10 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GANGA BHAGATIndian National Congress · INC25,67350.1%
  2. 2KARAM CHAND BHAGATIndependent · IND15,87031.0%
  3. 3JHARI ORAONBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,0137.8%
  4. 4BISHWANATH BHAGATIndependent · IND2,5815.0%
  5. 5HARBU ORAONJanata Party · JNP7011.4%
  6. 6YUGESH ORAONIndependent · IND6161.2%
  7. 7GOPAL PAHANIndependent · IND5851.1%
  8. 8AMASI BHAGATIndependent · IND4410.9%
  9. 9SIRIL TOPPOJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM4090.8%
  10. 10T. K. BINCOIndependent · IND3710.7%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−33.5%
INC share
58.3% → 50.1%
IND share
5.7% → 31.0%
Turnout
— → —
308. Kanke310. Sisai
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