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2. Bagaha

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-BAGAHA

INC 59.5%won by 37.7%BJP 21.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 25.1% to 37.7%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 21.8% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.3% between them, down from 96.4% — the field split more ways.

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
54,672
Margin
20,586
37.65%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1TRILOKI HARIJANIndian National Congress · INC32,51659.5%
  2. 2MELAHA MEHTOBharatiya Janata Party · BJP11,93021.8%
  3. 3KAILASH BAITHACommunist Party of India · CPI5,0109.2%
  4. 4JAGANNATH PRASAD SWATANTRAINCU · INCU1,8123.3%
  5. 5VIDYA KISHORE VIDYALANKARJNPSC · JNPSC1,2892.4%
  6. 6YADUNI RAMIndependent · IND1,0551.9%
  7. 7GANESH CHAMARIndependent · IND5030.9%
  8. 8LAL PARICHHAN RAMJanata Party · JNP4880.9%
  9. 9SHEO PRASAD HARIJANIndependent · IND690.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−23.1%
INC share
60.7% → 59.5%
BJP share
0.0% → 21.8%
Turnout
— → —
1. Dhanaha3. Ramnagar
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