Constituency
314. Bishnupur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1985
BR-BISHNUPUR
INC 77.6%won by 65.0%JNP 12.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 29.0% to 65.0%.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 12.6% — it polled just 0.7% in 1980.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
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
31,509
Margin
20,467
64.96%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1BHUKHALA BHAGATIndian National Congress · INC24,43877.6%
- 2SOMAI ORAONJanata Party · JNP3,97112.6%
- 3MADAN BHAGATIndependent · IND1,1863.8%
- 4TIMADU BHAGATLKD · LKD9513.0%
- 5JAG MOHAN RAM BARAIKIndependent · IND3371.1%
- 6GOURI SHANKER ORAONIndependent · IND2470.8%
- 7RAMANAND BHAGATIndependent · IND2020.6%
- 8RAM NARAYAN KHALKHOIndependent · IND1770.6%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- +7.5%
- INC share
- 58.1% → 77.6%
- JNP share
- 0.7% → 12.6%
- Turnout
- — → —