Election
Constituency

139. Purnea

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-PURNEA

CPM 45.0%won by 16.5%INC 28.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 16.5%.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 45.0% of the vote here (+45.0%).
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
61,082
Margin
10,088
16.52%

Candidates

13 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1AJIT CHAND SARKARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM27,48645.0%
  2. 2SHARDA PRASAD SINGHIndian National Congress · INC17,39828.5%
  3. 3RAMANAND PRASADBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,5099.0%
  4. 4ANANDI YADAVJNPSC · JNPSC4,2006.9%
  5. 5HARI DAS PASWANIndependent · IND2,9404.8%
  6. 6GURU PD. YADAVINCU · INCU6851.1%
  7. 7AMAR NATH CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND5560.9%
  8. 8SURENDRA JHAIndependent · IND5280.9%
  9. 9BISHWA NATH KEJRIWALJNPSR · JNPSR5140.8%
  10. 10GANGA PRASAD YADAVIndependent · IND4210.7%
  11. 11JETHANI HIRANANDJanata Party · JNP3700.6%
  12. 12SUMITRA DEVIIndependent · IND2970.5%
  13. 13GULAM RASULIndependent · IND1780.3%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPM–INC swing
+48.2%
CPM share
0.0% → 45.0%
INC share
31.7% → 28.5%
Turnout
— → —
138. Kasba140. Korha
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