Constituency
48. Motihari
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-MOTIHARI
INC 59.8%won by 33.7%CPI 26.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 33.7%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 59.8% of the vote here (+59.8%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.9% of the vote between them, up from 75.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 8.0% to 54.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,89,198
Turnout
54.2%
Valid votes
4,27,975
Margin
1,44,295
33.72%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1PRABHAWATI GUPTAIndian National Congress · INC2,55,98059.8%
- 2KAMLA MISHRA MADHUKARCommunist Party of India · CPI1,11,68526.1%
- 3THAKUR RAMAPATI SINGHJanata Party · JNP29,0566.8%
- 4RAMGI PRASAD SHARMAIndependent · IND14,7713.5%
- 5RAJKISHOR BHAGATIndependent · IND5,1391.2%
- 6BHUDEO BAJPAYEEIndependent · IND4,1151.0%
- 7SHEOJI RAIIndependent · IND3,5540.8%
- 8PRAMANAND PATHAKIndependent · IND2,1580.5%
- 9SHATRUHAN PASWANIndependent · IND1,5170.4%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPI swing
- +72.5%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 59.8%
- CPI share
- 38.8% → 26.1%
- Turnout
- 46.2% → 54.2%