Election
Constituency

166. Colgong

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-COLGONG

INC 58.1%won by 43.7%JNPSC 14.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.4% to 43.7%.

  • New challengerJNPSC (JNPSC) finished second with 14.3% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.4% between them, down from 77.5% — the field split more ways.

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
88,136
Margin
38,534
43.72%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SADANAND SINGHIndian National Congress · INC51,16858.1%
  2. 2JAGESHWAR MANDALJNPSC · JNPSC12,63414.3%
  3. 3JAGDISH SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI11,47513.0%
  4. 4BALRAM CHAND GHOSHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP11,26712.8%
  5. 5SULEMAN MANSOORIndependent · IND9981.1%
  6. 6RAM SWARUP MISHRAJNPSR · JNPSR3830.4%
  7. 7ILYAS KHANIndependent · IND2110.2%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNPSC swing
+1.8%
INC share
42.0% → 58.1%
JNPSC share
0.0% → 14.3%
Turnout
— → —
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