Constituency
67. Sitamarhi
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1980
BR-SITAMARHI
INC 27.4%won by 3.3%JNPSC 24.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.3% to 3.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 19.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJNPSC (JNPSC) finished second with 24.1% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 51.4% between them, down from 75.0% — the field split more ways.
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
82,151
Margin
2,705
3.29%
Candidates
10 contested · winner INC- 1PIR MOHAMMAD ANSARIIndian National Congress · INC22,48027.4%
- 2RAM SWARTHA RAIJNPSC · JNPSC19,77524.1%
- 3LALITESHWAR PRASAD SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP16,72620.4%
- 4RAM SAGAR PRASAD YADAVINCU · INCU12,34315.0%
- 5RAM SWAROOP SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI8,91810.9%
- 6NAWAL KISHORE AZADJNPSR · JNPSR1,0891.3%
- 7NAWAB SINGH CHAUHANIndependent · IND3030.4%
- 8RAMA KISHAN PRASADIndependent · IND2540.3%
- 9RAM BHAJAN MAHATOIndependent · IND1590.2%
- 10SHIV CHANDRA RAIIndependent · IND1040.1%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNPSC swing
- −43.3%
- INC share
- 46.6% → 27.4%
- JNPSC share
- 0.0% → 24.1%
- Turnout
- — → —