Election
Constituency

95. Samastipur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-SAMASTIPUR

JNPSC 59.0%won by 31.4%INC 27.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to JNPSC (JNPSC), which now leads by 31.4%.

  • JNPSC vote shareJNPSC went from 0.0% to 59.0% of the vote here (+59.0%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.7% of the vote between them, up from 65.7% — 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
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not in source
Valid votes
86,618
Margin
27,159
31.35%

Candidates

8 contested · winner JNPSC
  1. 1KARPOORI THAKURJNPSC · JNPSC51,11759.0%
  2. 2CHANDRA SHEKHAR VERMAIndian National Congress · INC23,95827.7%
  3. 3CHANDRA SHEKHAR SINGHJanata Party · JNP8,3269.6%
  4. 4AZIZUR RAHMANIndependent · IND2,4442.8%
  5. 5SOMENDRA KUMARIndependent · IND3560.4%
  6. 6PRAKASH CHANDRA SRIVASTAVAIndependent · IND1920.2%
  7. 7NAZIR MIANIndependent · IND1630.2%
  8. 8MD. SAHABUDDINIndependent · IND620.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
JNPSCflipped
JNPSC–INC swing
+52.8%
JNPSC share
0.0% → 59.0%
INC share
21.4% → 27.7%
Turnout
— → —
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