Constituency
119. Simri-Bakhtiarpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1980
BR-SIMRI-BAKHTIARPUR
INC 50.4%won by 4.3%JNPSC 46.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.6% to 4.3%.
- New challengerJNPSC (JNPSC) finished second with 46.1% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.5% of the vote between them, up from 71.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
1,15,861
Margin
4,964
4.28%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1CHAUDHRY MD. SALAHUADINIndian National Congress · INC58,36150.4%
- 2DINESH CHANDRA YADAVJNPSC · JNPSC53,39746.1%
- 3RAMCHANDRA PRASADJanata Party · JNP4,1033.5%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNPSC swing
- −42.4%
- INC share
- 46.6% → 50.4%
- JNPSC share
- 0.0% → 46.1%
- Turnout
- — → —