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175. Belhar

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-BELHAR

IND 35.1%won by 13.2%JNPSC 21.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 13.2%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 20.0% to 35.1% of the vote here (+15.1%).
  • New challengerJNPSC (JNPSC) finished second with 21.9% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.0% between them, down from 64.2% — 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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Valid votes
59,704
Margin
7,857
13.16%

Candidates

11 contested · winner IND
  1. 1CHANDRA MAULESHWAR SINGH (LALLAN)Independent · IND20,93935.1%
  2. 2CHATURBHUJ PRASAD SINGHJNPSC · JNPSC13,08221.9%
  3. 3SHAKUNTALA DEVIIndian National Congress · INC9,77116.4%
  4. 4BHOLA YADAVJNPSR · JNPSR4,2997.2%
  5. 5NAND KISHOR PANDITIndependent · IND3,2295.4%
  6. 6VIJAY NARAIN KAPRIINCU · INCU2,6924.5%
  7. 7DINESH PRASAD SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,1743.6%
  8. 8SIYA RAM RAIIndependent · IND1,9143.2%
  9. 9SAHDEO PANDITIndependent · IND1,3542.3%
  10. 10VINAY MADALIndependent · IND1400.2%
  11. 11VINOY KUMAR CHOUBEYIndependent · IND1100.2%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
INDflipped
IND–JNPSC swing
−6.8%
IND share
20.0% → 35.1%
JNPSC share
0.0% → 21.9%
Turnout
— → —
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