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3. Ramnagar

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-RAMNAGAR

INC 64.4%won by 47.6%BJP 16.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 29.7% to 47.6%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 16.7% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
50,525
Margin
24,060
47.62%

Candidates

10 contested · winner INC
  1. 1ARJUN VIKRAM SHAHIndian National Congress · INC32,51464.4%
  2. 2HARI SHANKAR TIWARIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP8,45416.7%
  3. 3AMBIKA PRASAD SINGHJanata Party · JNP3,7707.5%
  4. 4SAYED MAHAMMAD MAJAHARIIndependent · IND2,4984.9%
  5. 5AMIRUDDINJNPSC · JNPSC9011.8%
  6. 6SHANKAR DAYAL SANCHIIndependent · IND8681.7%
  7. 7MOBARAK HUSSAINJNPSR · JNPSR7031.4%
  8. 8BAM BAHADUR SINGHIndependent · IND4450.9%
  9. 9VRIJ KISHORE MISHRAIndependent · IND2120.4%
  10. 10HARIHAR MANJHIIndependent · IND1600.3%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−6.6%
INC share
54.2% → 64.4%
BJP share
0.0% → 16.7%
Turnout
— → —
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