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197. Islampur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1995

BR-ISLAMPUR

CPI 37.5%won by 8.2%SAP 29.3%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.4% to 8.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerSamajwadi Andolan Party (SAP) finished second with 29.3% — it did not contest here in 1990.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.8% between them, down from 87.3% — 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
1,24,738
Margin
10,244
8.21%

Candidates

28 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1KRISHNA BALLABH PRASADCommunist Party of India · CPI46,79637.5%
  2. 2RAJIV RANJANSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP36,55229.3%
  3. 3SURENDRA RAMCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL14,24211.4%
  4. 4RAN VIJAY SINGHBhartiya Panchsheel Party · BPP7,9376.4%
  5. 5KAPILDEO SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,1454.9%
  6. 6PANKAJ KUMAR SINHAIndian National Congress · INC3,8423.1%
  7. 7BHARAT PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND3,8393.1%
  8. 8PHULESHWAR CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND8730.7%
  9. 9DOMAN PASWANIndependent · IND6040.5%
  10. 10PRAMOD PRASADIndependent · IND4240.3%
  11. 11UDAY KUMARIndependent · IND3190.3%
  12. 12BRIJNANDAN PRASADSamajwadi Party · SP3190.3%
  13. 13SUBHASH PRASADIndependent · IND2930.2%
  14. 14KAPILDEO NARAYAN SINGHIndependent · IND2600.2%
  15. 15KUMAR RAJ MANORANJAN SINGHIndependent · IND2560.2%
  16. 16RAMDEO MAHTOIndependent · IND2210.2%
  17. 17AJAY KUMARIndependent · IND2150.2%
  18. 18VIJAY KUMARIndependent · IND2110.2%
  19. 19RAJ GOPAL PRASADIndependent · IND2110.2%
  20. 20BACHU SINGHSJPR · SJPR1910.2%
  21. 21RAM CHANDRA PRASADIndependent · IND1850.1%
  22. 22RAM JIVAN SINGHIndependent · IND1800.1%
  23. 23SHAMBHU SINGHIndependent · IND1570.1%
  24. 24SANJAY KUMARIndependent · IND1190.1%
  25. 25KAMLESH SINGHIndependent · IND1080.1%
  26. 26KAMLESH PRASADIndependent · IND910.1%
  27. 27BRINDRA GOPEIndependent · IND900.1%
  28. 28SAROJ KUMARIndependent · IND580.0%

Since 1990

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–SAP swing
−37.7%
CPI share
45.9% → 37.5%
SAP share
0.0% → 29.3%
Turnout
— → —
196. Nalanda198. Hilsa
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