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Constituency

109. Bakhri

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-BAKHRI

CPI 43.2%won by 10.9%INC 32.3%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 40.9% to 10.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 21.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 32.3% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.5% between them, down from 89.1% — 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
57,841
Margin
6,332
10.95%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPIINC swing
−54.0%
CPI share
65.0% 43.2%
INC share
0.0% 32.3%
Turnout