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318. Panki

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-PANKI

INC 52.1%won by 40.4%CPI 11.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.1% to 40.4%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
51,406
Margin
20,766
40.40%

Candidates

13 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SANKTESHWAR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC26,78352.1%
  2. 2LALLU SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI6,01711.7%
  3. 3INDRAJIT SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,6049.0%
  4. 4VIRENDRA ARUNBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,0267.8%
  5. 5MADHU SINGHIndependent · IND2,8475.5%
  6. 6BHAGWATI SINGHIndependent · IND2,4474.8%
  7. 7MOHAN SINGHJanata Party · JNP1,2692.5%
  8. 8BABAN NARAIN CHAUBEYLKD · LKD7471.5%
  9. 9KAMAL KISHORE PANDEYIndependent · IND7001.4%
  10. 10CHATURGUN RAMIndependent · IND6301.2%
  11. 11DEO RAM MAHTOIndependent · IND5521.1%
  12. 12JAGDISH SINGHIndependent · IND4710.9%
  13. 13PANT KUMAR GIRIICJ · ICJ3130.6%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
+14.6%
INC share
40.9% → 52.1%
CPI share
15.1% → 11.7%
Turnout
— → —
317. Manika319. Daltonganj
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