Constituency
178. Jhajha
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1980
BR-JHAJHA
INC 38.6%won by 14.6%JNPSC 24.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 14.6%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 17.9% to 38.6% of the vote here (+20.8%).
- New challengerJNPSC (JNPSC) finished second with 24.0% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.7% between them, down from 92.5% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
52,840
Margin
7,712
14.60%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1SHIV NANDAN PRASADIndian National Congress · INC20,41338.6%
- 2SHIV NANDAN JHAJNPSC · JNPSC12,70124.0%
- 3SHRI KRISHNA SINGHJanata Party · JNP11,87222.5%
- 4MAHMAD QAMRUL HAUDAIndependent · IND7,23413.7%
- 5MOHMAD SALIM ANSARIIndependent · IND3340.6%
- 6SAHDEO YADAVIndependent · IND2860.5%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNPSC swing
- −3.3%
- INC share
- 17.9% → 38.6%
- JNPSC share
- 0.0% → 24.0%
- Turnout
- — → —