Election
Constituency

187. Surajgarha

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-SURAJGARHA

INCU 23.7%won by 0.6%BJP 23.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to INCU (INCU), which now leads by 0.6%.

  • INCU vote shareINCU went from 0.0% to 23.7% of the vote here (+23.7%).
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 23.2% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 46.9% between them, down from 79.5% — 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
1,06,130
Margin
597
0.56%

Candidates

14 contested · winner INCU
  1. 1RAMJI PRASAD MAHTOINCU · INCU25,17123.7%
  2. 2PRASIDH NARAIN SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP24,57423.2%
  3. 3SUNAINA SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC14,48813.7%
  4. 4JAGESHWAR PRASAD MAHTOJNPSR · JNPSR9,3028.8%
  5. 5JANARDAN PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND9,2468.7%
  6. 6SADASHIV PASWANIndependent · IND5,7725.4%
  7. 7BHAGWAT PRASAD MEHTAJNPSC · JNPSC5,7555.4%
  8. 8ASARFI YADAVIndependent · IND5,7335.4%
  9. 9ARJUN BINDIndependent · IND2,6632.5%
  10. 10KESHAV PRASAD SINHAIndependent · IND1,5801.5%
  11. 11RAMESHWAR MAHTOIndependent · IND1,0491.0%
  12. 12MUNSHI MAJHIIndependent · IND3630.3%
  13. 13VIJOY KUMAR SHEIKHPURIIndependent · IND2770.3%
  14. 14SARWAN KUMAR AGRAWALIndependent · IND1570.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCUflipped
INCU–BJP swing
+0.6%
INCU share
0.0% → 23.7%
BJP share
0.0% → 23.2%
Turnout
— → —
186. Jamalpur188. Jamui
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