Election
Constituency

162. Poraiyahat

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-PORAIYAHAT

JMM 41.7%won by 30.1%IND 11.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), which now leads by 30.1%.

  • JMM vote shareJMM went from 0.0% to 41.7% of the vote here (+41.7%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 53.3% of the vote between them, up from 38.7% — 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
59,677
Margin
17,956
30.09%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
JMMflipped
JMMIND swing
+42.2%
JMM share
0.0% 41.7%
IND share
12.1% 11.6%
Turnout