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70. Katihar

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984

IN-KATIHAR

INC 50.1%won by 10.0%JNP 40.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: INCI (INCI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 10.0%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 50.1% of the vote here (+50.1%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.1% of the vote between them, up from 76.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 17.3% to 68.3%.

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

Electorate
6,72,232
Turnout
68.3%
Valid votes
4,59,174
Margin
45,943
10.01%

Candidates

13 contested · winner INC
  1. 1TARIQ ANWARIndian National Congress · INC2,29,88350.1%
  2. 2JUVRAJJanata Party · JNP1,83,94040.1%
  3. 3UMA SHANKAR CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND25,5595.6%
  4. 4INDRA DEO GUPTABharatiya Janata Party · BJP8,7631.9%
  5. 5RAGHUNATH HEMRAMIndependent · IND2,0100.4%
  6. 6LAL BAHADUR SASTRIIndependent · IND1,7500.4%
  7. 7MOHAMMAD IBRAHIMIndependent · IND1,4340.3%
  8. 8BHAGWAN CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND1,3650.3%
  9. 9UTAM LAL SHARMAIndependent · IND1,2420.3%
  10. 10NAND KEESHOR SINGHIndependent · IND1,0200.2%
  11. 11DHARAM NATH ROYIndependent · IND9650.2%
  12. 12DINA NATH NIRBHAYIndependent · IND7880.2%
  13. 13ABU NAEEM CHANDIndependent · IND4550.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INCI
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–JNP swing
+42.0%
INC share
0.0% → 50.1%
JNP share
32.0% → 40.1%
Turnout
51.0% → 68.3%
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