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Constituency

36. Baniapur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1990

BR-BANIAPUR

JNP 31.0%won by 0.8%INC 30.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 0.8%.

  • JNP vote shareJNP went from 14.3% to 31.0% of the vote here (+16.7%).
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 598 votes (0.77%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
78,138
Margin
598
0.77%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
JNPflipped
JNPINC swing
+18.2%
JNP share
14.3% 31.0%
INC share
31.7% 30.2%
Turnout