Election
Constituency

319. Daltonganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-DALTONGANJ

INC 39.4%won by 7.0%BJP 32.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 7.0%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 33.0% to 39.4% of the vote here (+6.4%).
  • Multi-cornered4 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
57,492
Margin
4,053
7.05%

Candidates

17 contested · winner INC
  1. 1ISHWAR CHANDRA PANDEYIndian National Congress · INC22,66439.4%
  2. 2INDER SINGH NAMDHARIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP18,61132.4%
  3. 3SHAILENDRA KUMARCommunist Party of India · CPI4,6288.0%
  4. 4PURAN CHANDLKD · LKD3,5566.2%
  5. 5SRIPATI SINGHJanata Party · JNP2,0773.6%
  6. 6SANTANU SUKLAIndependent · IND1,9233.3%
  7. 7KEWAL TOPOIndependent · IND1,4112.5%
  8. 8BALESHWAR RAMIndependent · IND6031.0%
  9. 9KAMESHWAR TIWARIIndependent · IND4400.8%
  10. 10ASHOK KUMAR SINHAIndependent · IND4190.7%
  11. 11SHYAM NARAYAN SINGHIndependent · IND2840.5%
  12. 12SHAMBHU SHARAN PRASADIndependent · IND2340.4%
  13. 13MOHAN YADAVIndependent · IND1490.3%
  14. 14RAMNARESHRAMIndependent · IND1460.3%
  15. 15SOMNATH PANDEYIndependent · IND1430.2%
  16. 16YUDHISTHIR TIWARIIndependent · IND1080.2%
  17. 17MUSHAN SUKLAIndependent · IND960.2%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJP swing
+15.6%
INC share
33.0% → 39.4%
BJP share
41.6% → 32.4%
Turnout
— → —
318. Panki320. Garhwa
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