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Constituency

316. Latehar

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-LATEHAR

INC 35.6%won by 5.7%BJP 30.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 7.4% to 5.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.6% between them, down from 91.8% — 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
23,096
Margin
1,312
5.68%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−1.7%
INC share
49.6% 35.6%
BJP share
42.2% 30.0%
Turnout