Election
Constituency

15. Ghorasahan

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-GHORASAHAN

INC 37.5%won by 9.3%INCU 28.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.3% to 9.3%.

  • New challengerINCU (INCU) finished second with 28.2% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.6% between them, down from 72.2% — 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
75,976
Margin
7,064
9.30%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAJENDRA PRATAP SINGHIndian National Congress · INC28,45637.5%
  2. 2LAL BABOO PRASADINCU · INCU21,39228.2%
  3. 3RAM AYODHYA PRASADJanata Party · JNP13,82818.2%
  4. 4LAXMI PRASADIndependent · IND6,2138.2%
  5. 5UMAKANTJNPSC · JNPSC4,8596.4%
  6. 6HASIM MIANJNPSR · JNPSR9011.2%
  7. 7RAM AYODHYA RAIIndependent · IND2630.3%
  8. 8AMIRUDDIN HUSSAINIndependent · IND640.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–INCU swing
−27.0%
INC share
36.3% → 37.5%
INCU share
0.0% → 28.2%
Turnout
— → —
14. Dhaka16. Madhuban
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