Election
Constituency

91. Jale

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-JALE

CPI 33.0%won by 8.1%INC 24.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 8.1%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 37.2% to 33.0% of the vote here (−4.2%).
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 24.9% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.8% between them, down from 76.6% — 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
73,766
Margin
5,976
8.10%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPIINC swing
−29.1%
CPI share
37.2% 33.0%
INC share
0.0% 24.9%
Turnout