Election
Constituency

27. Basantpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-BASANTPUR

JNPSC 53.1%won by 21.8%INC 31.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to JNPSC (JNPSC), which now leads by 21.8%.

  • JNPSC vote shareJNPSC went from 0.0% to 53.1% of the vote here (+53.1%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Indian National Congress (INC).

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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Valid votes
88,845
Margin
19,377
21.81%

Candidates

6 contested · winner JNPSC
  1. 1MANIK CHAND ROYJNPSC · JNPSC47,15953.1%
  2. 2TARKESHWAR NATH SINGHIndian National Congress · INC27,78231.3%
  3. 3NAND KISHORE SINGHIndependent · IND12,69214.3%
  4. 4VIDYA BHUSHAN SINGHJanata Party · JNP7310.8%
  5. 5RAMJEE SINGHJNPSR · JNPSR3080.3%
  6. 6JAGAT NARAYAN SINGHIndependent · IND1730.2%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
JNPSCflipped
JNPSC–INC swing
+26.8%
JNPSC share
0.0% → 53.1%
INC share
5.0% → 31.3%
Turnout
— → —
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