Election
Constituency

75. Bhagalpur

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984

IN-BHAGALPUR

INC 40.6%won by 5.4%LKD 35.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: INCI (INCI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 5.4%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 40.6% of the vote here (+40.6%).
  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 35.2% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.8% of the vote between them, up from 66.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 12.1% to 65.9%.

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

Electorate
8,51,928
Turnout
65.9%
Valid votes
5,61,299
Margin
30,485
5.43%

Candidates

13 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BHAGWAT JHA AZADIndian National Congress · INC2,28,03040.6%
  2. 2JAGESAR MANDALLKD · LKD1,97,54535.2%
  3. 3FAIYAZ BHAGALPURIIndependent · IND1,10,82419.7%
  4. 4VISHWANATH SARAFJanata Party · JNP7,0321.3%
  5. 5VINYANAND MISHRAIndependent · IND5,2420.9%
  6. 6GOVIND PRASADIndependent · IND2,9910.5%
  7. 7IMDAD ULLAHIndependent · IND1,7640.3%
  8. 8BARHAMDEO DASIndependent · IND1,6800.3%
  9. 9GOPI KRISHNA SHARMAIndependent · IND1,6630.3%
  10. 10GIRIJA NANDAN PARSADIndependent · IND1,6000.3%
  11. 11SAKAIDEO PRASADIndependent · IND1,1180.2%
  12. 12GITA PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND9600.2%
  13. 13BALRAM PASWANIndependent · IND8500.2%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INCI
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–LKD swing
+5.4%
INC share
0.0% → 40.6%
LKD share
0.0% → 35.2%
Turnout
53.8% → 65.9%
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