Election
Constituency

11. Sugauli

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-SUGAULI

CPM 41.1%won by 23.4%INC 17.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.2% to 23.4%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 58.8% of the vote between them, up from 46.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
71,454
Margin
16,744
23.43%

Candidates

8 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1RAMASHRAY SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM29,39541.1%
  2. 2SURESH KUMAR MISHRAIndian National Congress · INC12,65117.7%
  3. 3VISHWANATH KUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP10,55714.8%
  4. 4SAFARUDDININCU · INCU8,72912.2%
  5. 5SATRUGHAN SINGHJNPSC · JNPSC4,8726.8%
  6. 6MAHENDRA SAHANIIndependent · IND4,0415.7%
  7. 7RAM NARAIN SINGHIndependent · IND6821.0%
  8. 8MAYA DEVIIndependent · IND5270.7%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+21.4%
CPM share
23.2% → 41.1%
INC share
21.2% → 17.7%
Turnout
— → —
10. Raxaul12. Motihari
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