State board · Lok Sabha

Bihar Lok Sabha 1985

Results board · 3 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha

StateBihar

Seats

Constituencies

Majority

Seats needed of 3

Electors

23.55L

On the roll

Votes polled

11.82L

50.2% of electors

Median turnout

48.3%

Median of 3 seats

INC margin

Exactly at majority · 2 − 2

[01]Seat matrix

3 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won

Majority · 2 of 3INC 2 · at majority

INC 266.7% Indian National Congress

JNP 133.3% Janata Party

Not in the source

The source carries no state-level vote share for Bihar 1985.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Godda was decided by 11,577 votes, the closest of 3 seats; Kishanganj had the widest margin, 73,692.
min / max of margin over 3 seats with a recorded margin
Turnout ran from 48.1% in Kishanganj to 54.1% in Godda; the median seat polled 48.3%.
min / median / max over 3 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

3 of 3 seats carry a turnout

< 50% 266.7% of seats

50–60 133.3% of seats

60–70 00.0% of seats

70–80 00.0% of seats

≥ 80% 00.0% of seats

LowestKishanganj48.1%
HighestGodda54.1%
NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

3 rows · by constituency number

Constituency results, Bihar Lok Sabha 1985, all 3 seats
#	Constituency	Winner	Party	Votes polled	Margin	Margin %	Turnout %
23	KishanganjWIDEST	S.Shahabuddin	Janata Party	3,83,803	73,692	19.2	48.1
28	GoddaCLOSEST	Salauddin	Indian National Congress	4,25,978	11,577	2.7	54.1
29	Banka	C.Singh	Indian National Congress	3,71,792	37,095	10.0	48.3

Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 73,692 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1985 · Bihar · 3 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database