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Constituency

86. Jahanabad

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-JAHANABAD

CPI 41.6%won by 10.6%INC 31.0%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.2% to 10.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.6% between them, down from 97.2% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 13.9% to 65.2%.

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

Electorate
10,58,677
Turnout
65.2%
Valid votes
6,89,907
Margin
72,901
10.57%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPIINC swing
+6.4%
CPI share
50.7% 41.6%
INC share
46.5% 31.0%
Turnout
79.1% 65.2%