Constituency
114. Chhatapur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1980
BR-CHHATAPUR
INC 51.2%won by 23.2%JNPSC 28.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 23.2%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 26.1% to 51.2% of the vote here (+25.1%).
- New challengerJNPSC (JNPSC) finished second with 28.0% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.2% between them, down from 85.0% — the field split more ways.
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
72,783
Margin
16,854
23.16%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1KUMBH NARIN SARDARIndian National Congress · INC37,24351.2%
- 2SITARAM PASWANJNPSC · JNPSC20,38928.0%
- 3MATUKI PASWANCommunist Party of India · CPI12,15616.7%
- 4BASUDEO MARIKJNPSR · JNPSR2,9954.1%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNPSC swing
- −3.0%
- INC share
- 26.1% → 51.2%
- JNPSC share
- 0.0% → 28.0%
- Turnout
- — → —