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70. Sonabarsa

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-SONABARSA

INC 36.2%won by 6.8%JNPSC 29.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.9% to 6.8%.

  • New challengerJNPSC (JNPSC) finished second with 29.4% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 65.7% of the vote between them, up from 52.3% — 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
—
not in source
Valid votes
89,741
Margin
6,081
6.78%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1M. ANWARUL HAQUEIndian National Congress · INC32,49836.2%
  2. 2INDAL SINGHJNPSC · JNPSC26,41729.4%
  3. 3SURYA DEVA PURBEYINCU · INCU23,41926.1%
  4. 4SAFI HAIDERCommunist Party of India · CPI6,4127.1%
  5. 5ANWARUL HAQUEIndependent · IND3470.4%
  6. 6SITARAM MAHTOIndependent · IND2580.3%
  7. 7RAMCHARAN BAITHAIndependent · IND2110.2%
  8. 8SAMEEM ALALMJanata Party · JNP1120.1%
  9. 9RAMNARAIN AGRAWALIndependent · IND670.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNPSC swing
−24.3%
INC share
31.1% → 36.2%
JNPSC share
0.0% → 29.4%
Turnout
— → —
69. Majorganj71. Sursand
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