Constituency
142. Katihar
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1980
BR-KATIHAR
INC 31.8%won by 2.6%BJP 29.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 2.6%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 31.8% of the vote here (+31.8%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 29.3% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.1% between them, down from 77.3% — 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
63,693
Margin
1,644
2.58%
Candidates
12 contested · winner INC- 1SITARAM CHAMARIAIndian National Congress · INC20,28231.8%
- 2JAGBANDHU ADHIKARIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP18,63829.3%
- 3SATYA NARAYAN BISHWASINCU · INCU9,26314.5%
- 4SAJAN KUMAR SHARMAIndependent · IND5,0898.0%
- 5MAKSUD ALAMCommunist Party of India · CPI4,9327.7%
- 6S. AHMAD SABRIJNPSC · JNPSC1,8853.0%
- 7DINANATH NIRBHAYIndependent · IND1,1861.9%
- 8RANA RAJENDRA SINGHJanata Party · JNP9431.5%
- 9DEVENDRA KUMARIndependent · IND5430.9%
- 10SATYA NARAYAN PASWANIndependent · IND4470.7%
- 11FAKIR MOHAMMADIndependent · IND2630.4%
- 12SHAMBHU DAYAL SHARMAIndependent · IND2220.3%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- +2.6%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 31.8%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 29.3%
- Turnout
- — → —