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Constituency

27. Basantpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1990

BR-BASANTPUR

INC 41.4%won by 8.9%BJP 32.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.2% to 8.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.9% between them, down from 91.1% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,04,977
Margin
9,348
8.90%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−2.3%
INC share
51.2% 41.4%
BJP share
40.0% 32.5%
Turnout