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105. Begusarai

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-BEGUSARAI

INC 44.2%won by 8.0%CPM 36.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.0% to 8.0%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 36.1% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.3% of the vote between them, up from 61.0% — 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
68,433
Margin
5,499
8.04%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BHOLA SINGHIndian National Congress · INC30,22144.2%
  2. 2BASUDEO SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM24,72236.1%
  3. 3SUKHDEO SINGHIndependent · IND5,5058.0%
  4. 4SRI CHANDRACHUR DEVBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,3314.9%
  5. 5PRAM NARAYAN MEHTAJNPSC · JNPSC2,0823.0%
  6. 6RAMNARESH SINGHJanata Party · JNP1,0171.5%
  7. 7SAJJAN SINGHINCU · INCU8841.3%
  8. 8HIRALAL PODDARIndependent · IND3470.5%
  9. 9BHAGWAN PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND3240.5%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
−26.0%
INC share
34.0% → 44.2%
CPM share
0.0% → 36.1%
Turnout
— → —
104. Matihani106. Barauni
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