Election
Constituency

49. Patepur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-PATEPUR

JNPSC 45.0%won by 9.1%INC 35.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to JNPSC (JNPSC), which now leads by 9.1%.

  • JNPSC vote shareJNPSC went from 0.0% to 45.0% of the vote here (+45.0%).
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 35.9% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.0% between them, down from 98.1% — 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
62,510
Margin
5,699
9.12%

Candidates

7 contested · winner JNPSC
  1. 1SHIV NANDAN PAWANJNPSC · JNPSC28,15345.0%
  2. 2BALESHWAR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC22,45435.9%
  3. 3MAHENDRA BAITHAIndependent · IND6,65410.6%
  4. 4SUSILA DEVICommunist Party of India · CPI3,0054.8%
  5. 5RAJENDRA KUMAR DASSINCU · INCU1,4102.3%
  6. 6FUNDENI PRASADJanata Party · JNP5830.9%
  7. 7RAMVILAS PASWANJNPSR · JNPSR2510.4%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
JNPSCflipped
JNPSC–INC swing
+9.1%
JNPSC share
0.0% → 45.0%
INC share
0.0% → 35.9%
Turnout
— → —
48. Jandaha50. Mahua
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