Constituency
168. Bhagalpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1980
BR-BHAGALPUR
INC 40.6%won by 5.5%JNPSC 35.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 5.5%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 21.8% to 40.6% of the vote here (+18.9%).
- New challengerJNPSC (JNPSC) finished second with 35.1% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.8% between them, down from 87.9% — 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
59,907
Margin
3,313
5.53%
Candidates
10 contested · winner INC- 1SHEO CHANDRA JHAIndian National Congress · INC24,34740.6%
- 2BANARSI PRASAD GUPTAJNPSC · JNPSC21,03435.1%
- 3VIJAY KUMAR MITRABharatiya Janata Party · BJP12,45520.8%
- 4RANG NATH KAUSHIKIndependent · IND5220.9%
- 5ADITYA NARAYAN SAHIndependent · IND4250.7%
- 6SHYAM SUNDER SINGHINCU · INCU4000.7%
- 7SATYA BHAMA SINHAJNPSR · JNPSR3030.5%
- 8SHYAM SUNDER PANDEYIndependent · IND1640.3%
- 9RADHA NAND PRA. SARSWATIIndependent · IND1430.2%
- 10SADHO PRASAD SAHIndependent · IND1140.2%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNPSC swing
- −16.2%
- INC share
- 21.8% → 40.6%
- JNPSC share
- 0.0% → 35.1%
- Turnout
- — → —