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97. Khunti

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984

IN-KHUNTI

INC 41.1%won by 13.9%IND 27.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: JKD (JKD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 13.9%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 41.1% of the vote here (+41.1%).
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 27.2% — it polled just 1.3% in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 68.3% of the vote between them, up from 63.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.7% to 38.0%.

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

Electorate
6,25,719
Turnout
38.0%
Valid votes
2,37,756
Margin
33,010
13.88%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SIMON TIGGAIndian National Congress · INC97,72141.1%
  2. 2NIREL ENEM HOROIndependent · IND64,71127.2%
  3. 3KARIA MUNDABharatiya Janata Party · BJP42,03717.7%
  4. 4JAYANT JAIPAL SINGHIndependent · IND21,5379.1%
  5. 5N.BHENGRAIndependent · IND3,2761.4%
  6. 6C.E.B.TOPNOIndependent · IND2,3591.0%
  7. 7KANHAI LAL SINGHIndependent · IND2,1710.9%
  8. 8INDI PAHANIndependent · IND2,0340.9%
  9. 9M.H.BAZRAY MUNDAIndependent · IND1,9100.8%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
JKD
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–IND swing
+15.1%
INC share
0.0% → 41.1%
IND share
1.3% → 27.2%
Turnout
34.3% → 38.0%
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