Election
Constituency

191. Sheikhpura

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-SHEIKHPURA

INC 66.2%won by 39.5%CPI 26.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 31.6% to 39.5%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.0% of the vote between them, up from 71.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
1,11,028
Margin
43,861
39.50%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAJO SINGHIndian National Congress · INC73,53766.2%
  2. 2SATISH KUMARCommunist Party of India · CPI29,67626.7%
  3. 3NISAR AHMADINCU · INCU7,0636.4%
  4. 4NEPALI GOPEIndependent · IND2850.3%
  5. 5VISHESHWAR DAYAL SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2220.2%
  6. 6SUBHASH CHANDRA BOSEIndependent · IND1240.1%
  7. 7BAIJNATH MAHTOIndependent · IND1210.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
+2.4%
INC share
51.7% → 66.2%
CPI share
14.7% → 26.7%
Turnout
— → —
190. Lakhisarai192. Barbigha
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