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197. Islampur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-ISLAMPUR

INC 49.7%won by 1.5%CPI 48.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 1.5%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 17.2% to 49.7% of the vote here (+32.5%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.8% of the vote between them, up from 60.7% — 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
1,06,562
Margin
1,613
1.51%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PANKAJ KUMAR SINHAIndian National Congress · INC52,92349.7%
  2. 2KRISHNA VALLABH PRASAD SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI51,31048.2%
  3. 3NAND LAL SINGHJanata Party · JNP7970.7%
  4. 4DURGA PRASADBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7320.7%
  5. 5SHASHI BHUSHAN PRASADJNPSC · JNPSC4070.4%
  6. 6BRINDA GOPEIndependent · IND3930.4%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–CPI swing
+21.9%
INC share
17.2% → 49.7%
CPI share
37.6% → 48.2%
Turnout
— → —
196. Nalanda198. Hilsa
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