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47. Bettiah

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-BETTIAH

JD 40.9%won by 9.5%CPI 31.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Dal (JD), which now leads by 9.5%.

  • JD vote shareJD went from 0.0% to 40.9% of the vote here (+40.9%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.4% between them, down from 78.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.5% to 56.0%.

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

Electorate
9,11,262
Turnout
56.0%
Valid votes
5,10,547
Margin
48,348
9.47%

Candidates

14 contested · winner JD
  1. 1DHARMESH PRASSAD VERMAJanata Dal · JD2,09,00940.9%
  2. 2ABDUL MOGANI KAIFICommunist Party of India · CPI1,60,66131.5%
  3. 3MANOJ KUMAR PANDEYIndian National Congress · INC1,07,99021.2%
  4. 4AVADH KISHOR SAHAIndependent · IND16,9283.3%
  5. 5JAYA PRAKASHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS5,9481.2%
  6. 6RAGHUNATH SAHADDP · DDP2,1770.4%
  7. 7DEV NARAYAN PRASSAD SASTRIIndependent · IND1,8440.4%
  8. 8RAJINDRA PRASADIndependent · IND1,2940.3%
  9. 9SHIVAJI ARYALkd (B) · LKDB1,2390.2%
  10. 10RAMESHVAR MISRAIndependent · IND1,0200.2%
  11. 11MANJUR KHANIndependent · IND8530.2%
  12. 12RAGHUNATH GUPTAIndependent · IND6780.1%
  13. 13MAYADEVI GUPTAIndependent · IND6250.1%
  14. 14HARISANKAR DUBEIndependent · IND2810.1%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
JDflipped
JD–CPI swing
+31.6%
JD share
0.0% → 40.9%
CPI share
22.1% → 31.5%
Turnout
53.6% → 56.0%
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