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Constituency

161. Jama

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-JAMA

JMM 55.8%won by 25.6%IND 30.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), which now leads by 25.6%.

  • JMM vote shareJMM went from 0.0% to 55.8% of the vote here (+55.8%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.1% of the vote between them, up from 80.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
35,163
Margin
9,013
25.63%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
JMMflipped
JMMIND swing
+35.0%
JMM share
0.0% 55.8%
IND share
9.4% 30.2%
Turnout