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179. Tarapur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-TARAPUR

CPI 22.1%won by 3.2%INC 19.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 3.2%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 0.0% to 22.1% of the vote here (+22.1%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 41.1% between them, down from 55.7% — 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
79,988
Margin
2,550
3.19%

Candidates

16 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1NARAYAN YADAVCommunist Party of India · CPI17,71122.1%
  2. 2TARNI PRASAD SINGHIndian National Congress · INC15,16119.0%
  3. 3RAVINDRA NATH SINGHJanata Party · JNP10,79513.5%
  4. 4SUKMI CHOUIndependent · IND10,73313.4%
  5. 5RAJENDRA PRASAD BHAGATINCU · INCU7,0668.8%
  6. 6ARVIND PANJIARAJNPSC · JNPSC5,7877.2%
  7. 7KAUSHILYA DEVIJNPSR · JNPSR5,3376.7%
  8. 8CHHATRAPATI MANDALSanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD4,2435.3%
  9. 9JAI KISHORE SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,1551.4%
  10. 10TARKESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND7731.0%
  11. 11RAVINDRANATH JHAIndependent · IND5010.6%
  12. 12MAHESH JHAIndependent · IND2140.3%
  13. 13KUMAR RAJIVIndependent · IND2030.3%
  14. 14BINDESHWARI YADAVIndependent · IND1540.2%
  15. 15VIJOY NARAYAN PRASHANTIndependent · IND870.1%
  16. 16ANRODH SHARMAIndependent · IND680.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPI–INC swing
+29.1%
CPI share
0.0% → 22.1%
INC share
25.9% → 19.0%
Turnout
— → —
178. Jhajha180. Kharagpur
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