Election
Constituency

56. Kanti

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-KANTI

SUC 44.3%won by 17.8%INC 26.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to SUC (SUC), which now leads by 17.8%.

  • SUC vote shareSUC went from 24.0% to 44.3% of the vote here (+20.3%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from SUC (SUC) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 70.9% of the vote between them, up from 65.8% — 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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Valid votes
60,244
Margin
10,707
17.77%

Candidates

11 contested · winner SUC
  1. 1NAILINI RANJAN SINGHSUC · SUC26,70544.3%
  2. 2SHAMBHU SHARAN THAKURIndian National Congress · INC15,99826.6%
  3. 3BHUVENSHWAR RAIJNPSR · JNPSR6,64911.0%
  4. 4SHYAM KUMAR OJHACommunist Party of India · CPI6,41110.6%
  5. 5BAIDYANATH PRASAD SAHANIIndependent · IND1,6512.7%
  6. 6THAKUR PRASAD SINGHJanata Party · JNP1,1461.9%
  7. 7SHAILENDRA KUMAR CHAUDHARYJNPSC · JNPSC8281.4%
  8. 8LAKHI PASWANIndependent · IND3270.5%
  9. 9KIRAN SINHAIndependent · IND2820.5%
  10. 10UMASHANKAR SINGHIndependent · IND1610.3%
  11. 11MD. ABBASIndependent · IND860.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
SUCflipped
SUC–INC swing
+2.4%
SUC share
24.0% → 44.3%
INC share
8.7% → 26.6%
Turnout
— → —
55. Baruraj57. Kurhani
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