Constituency
80. Jhanjharpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1980
BR-JHANJHARPUR
INC 74.2%won by 51.6%JNPSC 22.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 28.8% to 51.6%.
- New challengerJNPSC (JNPSC) finished second with 22.6% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
95,379
Margin
49,189
51.57%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1JAGANNATH MISHRAIndian National Congress · INC70,77374.2%
- 2RAM DEO BHANDARIJNPSC · JNPSC21,58422.6%
- 3RAM PHAL CHAUDHARYJanata Party · JNP2,8873.0%
- 4INDRI ANSARIIndependent · IND1350.1%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNPSC swing
- −9.1%
- INC share
- 60.6% → 74.2%
- JNPSC share
- 0.0% → 22.6%
- Turnout
- — → —