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54. Vaishali

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984

IN-VAISHALI

INC 47.5%won by 3.5%LKD 43.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.5%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 47.5% of the vote here (+47.5%).
  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 43.9% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.4% of the vote between them, up from 65.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 20.9% to 69.7%.

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

Electorate
8,08,346
Turnout
69.7%
Valid votes
5,63,617
Margin
19,953
3.54%

Candidates

14 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KISHORI SINHAIndian National Congress · INC2,67,54647.5%
  2. 2TARKESHWARI SINHALKD · LKD2,47,59343.9%
  3. 3BALESHWAR RUSUL PURIIndependent · IND14,9422.7%
  4. 4RITA BAHIIndependent · IND11,2652.0%
  5. 5SHYAM NANDAN MISHRAJanata Party · JNP6,4961.2%
  6. 6RAMCHANDRA SHARMAIndependent · IND6,4891.2%
  7. 7AMANULLAH ANSARIIndependent · IND2,4120.4%
  8. 8SHANKER SINGHIndependent · IND2,0640.4%
  9. 9CHANDRA SEKHER SINGHIndependent · IND1,7650.3%
  10. 10SHYAM NARYAN SANYASIIndependent · IND7880.1%
  11. 11DHANESHWAR RAIIndependent · IND7460.1%
  12. 12KAMLA DEVIIndependent · IND5260.1%
  13. 13N. K. P. S. SARVPRATHAMIndependent · IND5100.1%
  14. 14DAMODAR PRASAD THAKURIndependent · IND4750.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–LKD swing
+3.5%
INC share
0.0% → 47.5%
LKD share
0.0% → 43.9%
Turnout
48.8% → 69.7%
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