Results/Lok Sabha/Bihar/1984
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Bihar Lok Sabha 1984
Results board · 54 constituencies
HouseLok Sabha
StateBihar
Seats
54
Constituencies
Majority
28
Seats needed of 54
Electors
4.33Cr
On the roll
Votes polled
2.50Cr
57.7% of electors
Median turnout
57.1%
Median of 54 seats
INC lead
+20
Above majority · 48 − 28
[01]Seat matrix
Majority · 28 of 54INC 48 · +20 above majority
INC
4888.9%
Indian National Congress
CPI
23.7%
Communist Party of India
IND
11.9%
Independents
JNP
11.9%
Janata Party
LKD
11.9%
Lok Dal
ICJR
11.9%
Indian Congress (Jagjivan Ram)
[02]Vote share
The source carries no state-level vote share for Bihar 1984.
Alliances
Not in the source for this election.
[03]Computed insights
Arithmetic · working shown-
Sasaram was decided by 1,372 votes, the closest of 54 seats; Begusarai had the widest margin, 2,81,636.
min / max of margin over 54 seats with a recorded margin -
2 seats were won by a margin under 1%; ICJR won 1 of them.
count(margin % < 1.0) = 2 of 54 · ICJR 1 -
In SC-reserved seats INC won 7 of 8 (87.5%), against 88.9% of all seats.
7 ÷ 8 = 87.5% · 48 ÷ 54 = 88.9% -
Turnout ran from 37.7% in Singhbhum to 79.1% in Jahanabad; the median seat polled 57.1%.
min / median / max over 54 seats with a recorded turnout
Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.
[04]Turnout
< 50%
1222.2% of seats
50–60
2138.9% of seats
60–70
1731.5% of seats
70–80
47.4% of seats
≥ 80%
00.0% of seats
- LowestSinghbhum37.7%
- HighestJahanabad79.1%
- NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded
[05]Every seat
| # | Constituency | Winner | Party | Votes polled | Margin | Margin % | Turnout % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | BagahaSC | Bhola Raut | Indian National Congress | 3,04,522 | 1,65,534 | 54.4 | 43.0 |
| 02 | Bettiah | Manoj Kumar Pande | Indian National Congress | 4,01,008 | 1,35,268 | 33.7 | 53.6 |
| 03 | Motihari | Prabhawati Gupta | Indian National Congress | 4,27,975 | 1,44,295 | 33.7 | 54.2 |
| 04 | Gopalganj | Kali Prasad Pandey | Independent | 4,85,309 | 1,77,092 | 36.5 | 61.8 |
| 05 | Siwan | Abdul Ghafoor | Indian National Congress | 4,15,031 | 1,37,992 | 33.3 | 53.1 |
| 06 | Maharajganj | Krishnapratap Singh | Indian National Congress | 4,04,895 | 1,33,904 | 33.1 | 49.5 |
| 07 | Chapra | Ram Bahadur Singh | Janata Party | 4,55,256 | 26,006 | 5.7 | 58.3 |
| 08 | HajipurSC | Ram Ratan Ram | Indian National Congress | 5,87,033 | 51,216 | 8.7 | 70.4 |
| 09 | Vaishali | Kishori Sinha | Indian National Congress | 5,63,617 | 19,953 | 3.5 | 69.7 |
| 10 | Muzaffarpur | Laliteshwar Prasad Shahi | Indian National Congress | 5,48,778 | 1,48,974 | 27.2 | 68.2 |
| 11 | Sitamarhi | Ranshresth Khirhar | Indian National Congress | 4,69,981 | 1,21,544 | 25.9 | 53.5 |
| 12 | Sheohar | Ram Dulari Singh | Indian National Congress | 4,85,977 | 80,553 | 16.6 | 57.9 |
| 13 | Madhubani | Abdul Hannan An | Indian National Congress | 5,65,339 | 1,48,820 | 26.3 | 66.8 |
| 14 | Jhanjharpur | Gauri Shankar Rajhans | Indian National Congress | 5,81,972 | 2,05,392 | 35.3 | 74.4 |
| 15 | Darbhanga | Vijay Kumar Mishra | Lok Dal | 4,36,415 | 72,167 | 16.5 | 56.7 |
| 16 | RoseraSC | Ram Bhagat Paswan | Indian National Congress | 4,65,311 | 97,218 | 20.9 | 57.5 |
| 17 | Samastipur | Ramdeo Rai | Indian National Congress | 5,67,145 | 1,08,361 | 19.1 | 62.3 |
| 18 | Barh | Prakash Chandra | Indian National Congress | 6,03,538 | 2,22,736 | 36.9 | 70.7 |
| 19 | Balia | Chandra Bhanu Devi | Indian National Congress | 4,81,535 | 1,23,901 | 25.7 | 62.6 |
| 20 | Saharsa | Chandra Kishore Pathak | Indian National Congress | 6,26,702 | 1,08,084 | 17.3 | 68.6 |
| 21 | Madhepura | Mahabir Prasad Yadav | Indian National Congress | 5,48,212 | 75,297 | 13.7 | 65.5 |
| 22 | ArariaSC | Doomar Lal Baitha | Indian National Congress | 4,61,247 | 1,98,886 | 43.1 | 58.3 |
| 23 | Kishanganj | Jamilur Rahman | Indian National Congress | 4,33,914 | 1,16,130 | 26.8 | 54.4 |
| 24 | Purnea | Madhuree Singh | Indian National Congress | 4,32,462 | 1,90,400 | 44.0 | 55.9 |
| 25 | Katihar | Tariq Anwar | Indian National Congress | 4,59,174 | 45,943 | 10.0 | 68.3 |
| 26 | RajmahalST | Seth Hembrom | Indian National Congress | 3,08,962 | 78,856 | 25.5 | 44.6 |
| 27 | DumkaST | Prithiwi Chand Kisku | Indian National Congress | 3,70,588 | 97,187 | 26.2 | 52.3 |
| 28 | Godda | Saminuddin | Indian National Congress | 4,23,885 | 1,20,373 | 28.4 | 53.9 |
| 29 | Banka | Manorma Singh | Indian National Congress | 4,78,599 | 1,51,972 | 31.8 | 62.1 |
| 30 | Bhagalpur | Bhagwat Jha Azad | Indian National Congress | 5,61,299 | 30,485 | 5.4 | 65.9 |
| 31 | Khagaria | Chandra Shekhar Prasad Verma | Indian National Congress | 4,81,938 | 1,41,526 | 29.4 | 62.9 |
| 32 | Monghyr | Devendra Pd. Yadav | Indian National Congress | 5,43,826 | 1,63,343 | 30.0 | 63.1 |
| 33 | BegusaraiWIDEST | Krishna Shahi | Indian National Congress | 5,27,813 | 2,81,636 | 53.4 | 63.3 |
| 34 | Nalanda | Vijay Kumar Yadav | Communist Party of India | 6,23,021 | 39,471 | 6.3 | 69.0 |
| 35 | Patna | C. P. Thakur | Indian National Congress | 4,95,684 | 72,181 | 14.6 | 51.5 |
| 36 | Arrah | Bali Ram Bhagat | Indian National Congress | 4,27,186 | 1,54,922 | 36.3 | 48.0 |
| 37 | Buxar | Kamla Kant Tiwari | Indian National Congress | 4,49,035 | 55,702 | 12.4 | 51.0 |
| 38 | SasaramSCCLOSEST | Jagjiwan Ram | Indian Congress (Jagjivan Ram) | 4,29,566 | 1,372 | 0.3 | 52.0 |
| 39 | Bikramganj | Tapeshwar Singh | Indian National Congress | 5,83,682 | 1,413 | 0.2 | 68.7 |
| 40 | Aurangabad | Satyendra Narain Singh | Indian National Congress | 4,77,527 | 1,66,035 | 34.8 | 57.8 |
| 41 | Jahanabad | Ramasharay Pd. Singh | Communist Party of India | 7,43,232 | 30,976 | 4.2 | 79.1 |
| 42 | NawadaSC | Kunwar Ram | Indian National Congress | 5,45,948 | 2,37,102 | 43.4 | 57.0 |
| 43 | GayaSC | Ram Swaroop Ram | Indian National Congress | 5,32,473 | 84,435 | 15.9 | 65.6 |
| 44 | Chatra | Yogeshwar Prasad Yogesh | Indian National Congress | 3,74,141 | 1,56,542 | 41.8 | 51.3 |
| 45 | Kodarma | Tilak Dhari Singh | Indian National Congress | 3,54,686 | 1,11,383 | 31.4 | 46.3 |
| 46 | Giridih | Sarfraj Ahmed | Indian National Congress | 3,65,304 | 1,24,753 | 34.2 | 49.6 |
| 47 | Dhanbad | Shankar Dayal Singh | Indian National Congress | 4,92,912 | 62,295 | 12.6 | 53.4 |
| 48 | Hazaribagh | Damodar Pandey | Indian National Congress | 3,70,181 | 60,381 | 16.3 | 46.6 |
| 49 | Ranchi | Sheo Prasad Sahu | Indian National Congress | 3,29,377 | 1,08,561 | 33.0 | 44.7 |
| 50 | Jamshedpur | Gopeshwar | Indian National Congress | 4,30,721 | 66,202 | 15.4 | 57.2 |
| 51 | SinghbhumST | Begun Sumbrui | Indian National Congress | 2,31,716 | 60,211 | 26.0 | 37.7 |
| 52 | KhuntiST | Simon Tigga | Indian National Congress | 2,37,756 | 33,010 | 13.9 | 38.0 |
| 53 | LohardagaST | Sumati Oraon | Indian National Congress | 2,64,044 | 1,02,067 | 38.7 | 38.9 |
| 54 | PalamauSC | Kamla Kumari | Indian National Congress | 3,51,294 | 1,85,050 | 52.7 | 46.5 |
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 2,81,636 votes
Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1984 · Bihar · 54 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database
Vote share and alliancesThe source has no state-level summary for this election