Constituency
63. Minapur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1980
BR-MINAPUR
CPI 36.3%won by 7.3%INC 28.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 7.3%.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 0.0% to 36.3% of the vote here (+36.3%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 65.2% of the vote between them, up from 50.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
78,676
Margin
5,777
7.34%
Candidates
8 contested · winner CPI- 1JANKDHARI PRASAD KUSHWAHACommunist Party of India · CPI28,53036.3%
- 2MAHENDRA SAHNIIndian National Congress · INC22,75328.9%
- 3TAPESHWAR RAIINCU · INCU18,95424.1%
- 4NAGENDRA PRASADJanata Party · JNP5,6637.2%
- 5BIJALI PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND1,8252.3%
- 6LAKSHMAN THAKURIndependent · IND4830.6%
- 7RAM SAGAR SAHIndependent · IND2560.3%
- 8SHON JHAJNPSR · JNPSR2120.3%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–INC swing
- +20.4%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 36.3%
- INC share
- 13.0% → 28.9%
- Turnout
- — → —