Election
Constituency

77. Babubarhi

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-BABUBARHI

INC 32.4%won by 2.5%JNP 30.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.2% to 2.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
68,111
Margin
1,678
2.46%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNP swing
−16.8%
INC share
40.5% → 32.4%
JNP share
21.3% → 30.0%
Turnout
— → —