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18. Kesaria

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1990

BR-KESARIA

CPI 42.2%won by 20.7%BJP 21.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 20.7%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 32.2% to 42.2% of the vote here (+10.0%).
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 21.5% — it did not contest here in 1985.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.7% between them, down from 73.1% — 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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not in source
Valid votes
95,265
Margin
19,766
20.75%

Candidates

14 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1YAMUNA YADAVCommunist Party of India · CPI40,21642.2%
  2. 2RAI HARI SHANKER SHARMABharatiya Janata Party · BJP20,45021.5%
  3. 3MOHD OBAIDULLAHJanata Dal · JD11,73012.3%
  4. 4KAPL DEV NA. SINGHIndian National Congress · INC11,22811.8%
  5. 5SURESH SINGHIndependent · IND4,3124.5%
  6. 6BABU NAND PD. SHARMAIndependent · IND3,9324.1%
  7. 7GANESH PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND1,0671.1%
  8. 8GANGA SHAHNIIndependent · IND7500.8%
  9. 9RAM CHANDER PRASADBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6970.7%
  10. 10FARMAN ANSARIIndependent · IND2630.3%
  11. 11NAVNIDHI NARAYAN SRIVASTAVAIndependent · IND2110.2%
  12. 12BRIJ KISHOR SINGHIndependent · IND2100.2%
  13. 13FULENA RAIDDP · DDP1240.1%
  14. 14SURENDER PD. SINGHIndependent · IND750.1%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPI–BJP swing
−11.5%
CPI share
32.2% → 42.2%
BJP share
0.0% → 21.5%
Turnout
— → —
17. Pipra19. Harsidhi
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