Election
Constituency

12. Motihari

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1990

BR-MOTIHARI

CPI 28.9%won by 1.2%BJP 27.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.8% to 1.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
90,947
Margin
1,085
1.19%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPIBJP swing
−35.4%
CPI share
40.8% 28.9%
BJP share
4.3% 27.7%
Turnout