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257. Nawada

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1990

BR-NAWADA

BJP 35.2%won by 9.0%INC 26.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 9.0%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.3% between them, down from 77.1% — the field split more ways.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
1,63,096
Margin
14,694
9.01%

Candidates

16 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1KRISHNA PRASADBharatiya Janata Party · BJP57,37435.2%
  2. 2NARENDRA KUMARIndian National Congress · INC42,68026.2%
  3. 3GANESH SHANKER VIDYARTHICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM32,12919.7%
  4. 4KAUSHAL KISHORE SINGH YADAVIndependent · IND17,71010.9%
  5. 5SURESH PRASADIndependent · IND7,4024.5%
  6. 6RAJKISHORE MAHATABahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,8771.8%
  7. 7HARENDRA PRASAD SINHAIndependent · IND1,3360.8%
  8. 8GOPAL CHAUYANIndependent · IND4340.3%
  9. 9ARJUN SINGHIndependent · IND4150.3%
  10. 10SURESH BHATTIndependent · IND2000.1%
  11. 11NARESH YADAVIndependent · IND1310.1%
  12. 12ARUN KUMARIndependent · IND1080.1%
  13. 13LALAN SINGHIndependent · IND820.1%
  14. 14UMESH KUMARDMM · DMM790.0%
  15. 15CHANDRA BHUSAN SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS700.0%
  16. 16ANIL KUMAR SINHAIndependent · IND690.0%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–INC swing
+11.3%
BJP share
37.4% → 35.2%
INC share
39.7% → 26.2%
Turnout
— → —
256. Atri258. Rajauli
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