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Constituency

312. Simdega

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-SIMDEGA

BJP 33.3%won by 7.2%INC 26.1%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.1% to 7.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.4% between them, down from 73.2% — 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
45,790
Margin
3,291
7.19%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPINC swing
−2.9%
BJP share
41.7% 33.3%
INC share
31.6% 26.1%
Turnout