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323. Chhatarpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-CHHATARPUR

INC 60.8%won by 42.6%LKD 18.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 40.4% to 42.6%.

  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 18.2% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.9% of the vote between them, up from 73.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
38,838
Margin
16,542
42.59%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RADHA KRISHANA KISHORIndian National Congress · INC23,59560.8%
  2. 2JORAWAR RAMLKD · LKD7,05318.2%
  3. 3RAMJIT RAMICJ · ICJ4,96112.8%
  4. 4BAIJ NATH RAMJanata Party · JNP1,7914.6%
  5. 5KANHAJ RAMIndependent · IND1,1873.1%
  6. 6UDESHWAR RAMIndependent · IND2510.6%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–LKD swing
−14.2%
INC share
56.8% → 60.8%
LKD share
0.0% → 18.2%
Turnout
— → —
322. Bishrampur324. Hussainabad
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