Constituency
321. Bhawanathpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1985
BR-BHAWANATHPUR
INC 33.8%won by 10.7%LKD 23.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 39.4% to 10.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 28.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 23.1% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.0% between them, down from 85.6% — the field split more ways.
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
56,910
Margin
6,086
10.69%
Candidates
11 contested · winner INC- 1RAJ RAJENDRA PRATAP DEOIndian National Congress · INC19,25433.8%
- 2RAM CHANDRA PRASAD KESHARILKD · LKD13,16823.1%
- 3SHARDA MAHESH PRASAD DEOIndependent · IND9,35516.4%
- 4GIRWAR PANDEYJanata Party · JNP3,9096.9%
- 5KULDIP NARAYAN SINGH KUSHWAHAIndependent · IND1,9473.4%
- 6SHAMBHU NATH SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,9293.4%
- 7KHUDI RAMIndependent · IND1,9253.4%
- 8MAHABIR SINGHIndependent · IND1,8623.3%
- 9KUMAR UMERNDRA PRATAP DEOCommunist Party of India · CPI1,8603.3%
- 10GORAKH NATH PANDEYIndependent · IND1,0111.8%
- 11MUNESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND6901.2%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–LKD swing
- −51.8%
- INC share
- 62.5% → 33.8%
- LKD share
- 0.0% → 23.1%
- Turnout
- — → —