Constituency
160. Dumka
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1980
BR-DUMKA
JMM 45.3%won by 11.7%IND 33.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), which now leads by 11.7%.
- JMM vote shareJMM went from 0.0% to 45.3% of the vote here (+45.3%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.9% of the vote between them, up from 62.8% — 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
44,574
Margin
5,193
11.65%
Candidates
8 contested · winner JMM- 1STEPHAN MARANDIJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM20,17045.3%
- 2STENSHILA HEMBROMIndependent · IND14,97733.6%
- 3EDWARD MARANDIIndependent · IND5,83413.1%
- 4MAHADEO MARANDIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,8884.2%
- 5BIJOY KUMAR SONIJanata Party · JNP9722.2%
- 6PRITIVI CHAND KISKUIndependent · IND3390.8%
- 7CYRIL THOMAS BESRAINCU · INCU2210.5%
- 8CHHOTO MARANDIIndependent · IND1730.4%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- JMMflipped
- JMM–IND swing
- +29.7%
- JMM share
- 0.0% → 45.3%
- IND share
- 18.1% → 33.6%
- Turnout
- — → —