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Constituency

13. Bahour

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Puducherry Assembly Election, 1985

PY-BAHOUR

JNP 47.5%won by 6.9%INC 40.6%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.7% to 6.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 40.6% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.1% of the vote between them, up from 83.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
10,339
Margin
710
6.87%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
JNP
JNPINC swing
−44.5%
JNP share
51.4% 47.5%
INC share
0.0% 40.6%
Turnout