Election
Constituency

194. Bihar

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-BIHAR

CPI 33.3%won by 10.2%INC 23.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.3% to 10.2%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
96,691
Margin
9,840
10.18%

Candidates

13 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1DEONATH PRASADCommunist Party of India · CPI32,20133.3%
  2. 2NASIM UDDIN ANSARIIndian National Congress · INC22,36123.1%
  3. 3QUAMRUL HASSANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP19,51620.2%
  4. 4RAM SWAROOP PRASADIndependent · IND13,67514.1%
  5. 5MUSTAFA HASSAN KHANJNPSC · JNPSC3,0433.1%
  6. 6GARIBAN SHARMAIndependent · IND1,6871.7%
  7. 7SHASHI NANDAN PRASADIndependent · IND1,6351.7%
  8. 8SADAR ALAMJanata Party · JNP1,1841.2%
  9. 9KRISHNANANDAN PRASADIndependent · IND8140.8%
  10. 10BIMLA DEVIJNPSR · JNPSR2450.3%
  11. 11VISHNU PRASADIndependent · IND1840.2%
  12. 12RAMCHANDRA PRASADIndependent · IND1050.1%
  13. 13BRAHMDEO PRASADIndependent · IND410.0%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–INC swing
−13.2%
CPI share
29.1% → 33.3%
INC share
5.7% → 23.1%
Turnout
— → —
193. Asthawan195. Rajgir
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