Constituency
65. Saharsa
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-SAHARSA
INC 43.7%won by 17.2%LKD 26.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: INCI (INCI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 17.2%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 43.7% of the vote here (+43.7%).
- New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 26.4% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.1% between them, down from 79.2% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 7.5% to 68.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,13,235
Turnout
68.6%
Valid votes
6,26,702
Margin
1,08,084
17.25%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1CHANDRA KISHORE PATHAKIndian National Congress · INC2,73,79343.7%
- 2VINAYAK PRASAD YADAVLKD · LKD1,65,70926.4%
- 3ANAND MOHAN SINGHJanata Party · JNP1,30,72420.9%
- 4NAGESHWAR PRASAD YADAVIndependent · IND40,3496.4%
- 5THAKO SADAIndependent · IND5,5590.9%
- 6NAGESAR YADAVIndependent · IND4,8180.8%
- 7MURLIDHAR DASIndependent · IND2,7270.4%
- 8VAIDYANATH MEHTAIndependent · IND2,0110.3%
- 9SADASHIV CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND1,0120.2%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INCI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–LKD swing
- +17.2%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 43.7%
- LKD share
- 0.0% → 26.4%
- Turnout
- 61.2% → 68.6%