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82. Buxar

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-BUXAR

CPI 38.9%won by 6.8%BJP 32.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 6.8%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 33.9% to 38.9% of the vote here (+5.0%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.0% between them, down from 80.1% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.3% to 55.3%.

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

Electorate
9,88,344
Turnout
55.3%
Valid votes
5,46,668
Margin
37,322
6.83%

Candidates

19 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1TEJ NARAIN SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI2,12,59638.9%
  2. 2KAMAL SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,75,27432.1%
  3. 3KAMAL KANT TIWARYIndian National Congress · INC1,40,64125.7%
  4. 4RANJI SINGHBKUS · BKUS3,5040.6%
  5. 5SURAJ PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND1,9250.4%
  6. 6SHOBHNATH RAMBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,8410.3%
  7. 7KALIKA SINGHIndependent · IND1,4560.3%
  8. 8SUBHAS CHANDRA SINGHLkd (B) · LKDB1,2060.2%
  9. 9SHEONATH PANDEYIndependent · IND1,1240.2%
  10. 10RAMNEH SAHIndependent · IND1,0060.2%
  11. 11SHYAM SUNDER SINGHJNPJP · JNPJP9000.2%
  12. 12DASHRATH TIWARYIndependent · IND8930.2%
  13. 13VIDYA SAGAR PANDEYIndependent · IND8520.2%
  14. 14BASHISTH RAMDDP · DDP7930.1%
  15. 15PARSURAM SINGHIndependent · IND6890.1%
  16. 16BANSH NARAYAN SINGHIndependent · IND6620.1%
  17. 17SURESH OJHAIndependent · IND6420.1%
  18. 18MUKTI NATH SINGHIndependent · IND3450.1%
  19. 19MRITUNJAI PRASADIndependent · IND3190.1%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPI–BJP swing
−14.2%
CPI share
33.9% → 38.9%
BJP share
12.8% → 32.1%
Turnout
51.0% → 55.3%
81. Arrah83. Sasaram
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