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315. Lohardaga

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-LOHARDAGA

INC 71.6%won by 55.9%BJP 15.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 50.5% to 55.9%.

  • 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
38,896
Margin
21,761
55.95%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1INDRA NATH BHAGATIndian National Congress · INC27,84771.6%
  2. 2LALU ORAONBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,08615.6%
  3. 3SADHNU BHAGATIndependent · IND1,4623.8%
  4. 4BIRBAL BHAGATCommunist Party of India · CPI1,3863.6%
  5. 5RAYMOND MINZJanata Party · JNP1,1262.9%
  6. 6ARUN ORAONIndependent · IND4051.0%
  7. 7PRITHWINATH SINGHIndependent · IND3701.0%
  8. 8KARMA ORAONIndependent · IND2140.6%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
+5.5%
INC share
70.3% → 71.6%
BJP share
19.8% → 15.6%
Turnout
— → —
314. Bishnupur316. Latehar
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