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320. Garhwa

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-GARHWA

BJP 25.2%won by 1.5%INC 23.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 1.5%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 48.9% between them, down from 61.4% — the field split more ways.
  • 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
52,175
Margin
806
1.54%

Candidates

14 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1GOPI NATH SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP13,15525.2%
  2. 2YUGAL KISHORE PANDEYIndian National Congress · INC12,34923.7%
  3. 3SIRAJ AHMADJanata Party · JNP9,30617.8%
  4. 4RAJENDRA CHAUBEYIndependent · IND7,90315.1%
  5. 5PREM SINGHIndependent · IND2,2574.3%
  6. 6VILLIUM MUNDAIndependent · IND1,8063.5%
  7. 7VISHWANATH RAMIndependent · IND1,7343.3%
  8. 8KAPIL DEO SINGHIndependent · IND8331.6%
  9. 9AKBAR ALILKD · LKD8181.6%
  10. 10MUSLIM KARAR KADRIIndependent · IND6871.3%
  11. 11SHEO SHANKAR TIWARIIndependent · IND5181.0%
  12. 12GAUTAM KRISHNA SINHAIndependent · IND4290.8%
  13. 13ABDUL JABBAR KHANIndependent · IND2510.5%
  14. 14SURYA NATH CHAUBEYIndependent · IND1290.2%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–INC swing
+8.3%
BJP share
27.3% → 25.2%
INC share
34.1% → 23.7%
Turnout
— → —
319. Daltonganj321. Bhawanathpur
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