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Constituency

72. Dumka

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-DUMKA

JMM 61.0%won by 27.0%INC 34.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), which now leads by 27.0%.

  • JMM vote shareJMM went from 27.7% to 61.0% of the vote here (+33.3%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.9% of the vote between them, up from 81.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.6% to 46.7%.

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

Electorate
8,69,933
Turnout
46.7%
Valid votes
4,05,964
Margin
1,09,601
27.00%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
JMMflipped
JMMINC swing
+53.2%
JMM share
27.7% 61.0%
INC share
53.9% 34.0%
Turnout
52.3% 46.7%