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Constituency

71. Sursand

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-SURSAND

INC 38.1%won by 0.9%INCU 37.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.6% to 0.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 22.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerINCU (INCU) finished second with 37.2% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.3% between them, down from 94.6% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
78,019
Margin
718
0.92%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCINCU swing
−59.7%
INC share
60.6% 38.1%
INCU share
0.0% 37.2%
Turnout