Election
Constituency

16. Madhuban

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-MADHUBAN

INC 58.7%won by 34.3%JNPSC 24.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.3% to 34.3%.

  • New challengerJNPSC (JNPSC) finished second with 24.4% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.0% of the vote between them, up from 49.9% — 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
83,058
Margin
28,492
34.30%

Candidates

11 contested · winner INC
  1. 1VRAJ KISHORE SINGHIndian National Congress · INC48,72258.7%
  2. 2MAHENDRA RAIJNPSC · JNPSC20,23024.4%
  3. 3RADHA MOHAN SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,3727.7%
  4. 4SITA RAM SINGHJanata Party · JNP4,7005.7%
  5. 5RUP LAL RAIINCU · INCU1,4301.7%
  6. 6RAM NARESH BHARTIIndependent · IND4400.5%
  7. 7ACHHELAL SAHIndependent · IND3960.5%
  8. 8DINA NATH PRASADIndependent · IND3260.4%
  9. 9MAHESWAR PRASAD THAKURJNPSR · JNPSR2480.3%
  10. 10RAM AYODHYA SINGHIndependent · IND1060.1%
  11. 11UTTAM SINGHIndependent · IND880.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNPSC swing
+6.2%
INC share
28.1% → 58.7%
JNPSC share
0.0% → 24.4%
Turnout
— → —
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