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73. Benipatti

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1990

BR-BENIPATTI

INC 51.9%won by 13.7%JD 38.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.3% to 13.7%.

  • New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 38.2% — it did not contest here in 1985.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.1% of the vote between them, up from 66.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
1,06,301
Margin
14,512
13.65%

Candidates

11 contested · winner INC
  1. 1YUGESHWAR JHAIndian National Congress · INC55,14751.9%
  2. 2SHALIGRAM YADAVJanata Dal · JD40,63538.2%
  3. 3MOHAN JHACommunist Party of India · CPI9,4638.9%
  4. 4MUNGA LAL ROYIndependent · IND4040.4%
  5. 5SHYAM NA. JHAIndependent · IND1760.2%
  6. 6BRIJ NANDAN ROYIndependent · IND1600.2%
  7. 7BASANT KUMARIndependent · IND1080.1%
  8. 8BAIDYANATH CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND680.1%
  9. 9A. RASIDIndependent · IND590.1%
  10. 10RAM NIRANJAN ROYIndependent · IND560.1%
  11. 11DEBAN PASWANIndependent · IND250.0%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JD swing
−26.9%
INC share
40.6% → 51.9%
JD share
0.0% → 38.2%
Turnout
— → —
72. Pupri74. Bisfi
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