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324. Hussainabad

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-HUSSAINABAD

INC 20.1%won by 4.1%LKD 15.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.0% to 4.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 30.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 15.9% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 36.0% between them, down from 65.2% — the field split more ways.

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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Valid votes
56,119
Margin
2,326
4.14%

Candidates

19 contested · winner INC
  1. 1HARIHAR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC11,25420.1%
  2. 2LACHHUMAN RAMLKD · LKD8,92815.9%
  3. 3VINOD SINGHIndependent · IND5,76910.3%
  4. 4MD. NAIAR AZAMIndependent · IND5,1119.1%
  5. 5JAWAHAR SINGHIndependent · IND4,6428.3%
  6. 6VRIJ NANDAN SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI4,1087.3%
  7. 7JAGDISH PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND3,9507.0%
  8. 8BIRENDRA PRASAD SINGHJanata Party · JNP3,6606.5%
  9. 9DASRATH KUMAR SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,3816.0%
  10. 10SHEO KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1,3972.5%
  11. 11DAMODAR SINGHIndependent · IND1,3832.5%
  12. 12ALAMGIRIndependent · IND7091.3%
  13. 13SYAM LAL CHOUDARYIndependent · IND4370.8%
  14. 14LACHMAN RAMIndependent · IND4090.7%
  15. 15MURLI RAMIndependent · IND2680.5%
  16. 16LALLAN SINGHIndependent · IND2440.4%
  17. 17BRAHM DEO SINGHIndependent · IND1800.3%
  18. 18RAM LAKHAN DUBEYIndependent · IND1770.3%
  19. 19ANJANI KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1120.2%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–LKD swing
−45.9%
INC share
50.1% → 20.1%
LKD share
0.0% → 15.9%
Turnout
— → —
323. Chhatarpur
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