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200. Harnaut

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-HARNAUT

IND 29.6%won by 6.5%JNPSC 23.1%

What changed here

Derived

Independent held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.4% to 6.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerJNPSC (JNPSC) finished second with 23.1% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 52.7% between them, down from 72.1% — 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
77,295
Margin
5,060
6.55%

Candidates

11 contested · winner IND
  1. 1ARUN KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND22,87829.6%
  2. 2NITISH KUMARJNPSC · JNPSC17,81823.1%
  3. 3RAM SHARAN PRASAD SINGHIndian National Congress · INC15,96520.7%
  4. 4BRAJNANDAN PRASAD SINGH YADAVINCU · INCU12,07015.6%
  5. 5RAM NANDAN SINGHJanata Party · JNP4,3305.6%
  6. 6BALBIR PRASADIndependent · IND2,4923.2%
  7. 7RAJENDRA PRASAD (VILLAGE KHURAUNA ) P.S. RAHUNIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,0001.3%
  8. 8RAJENDRA PRASAD (VILLAGE MOLNABIGHA) P.S.Independent · IND2540.3%
  9. 9BALESHWAR PASWANIndependent · IND2120.3%
  10. 10VIJAY KUMARIndependent · IND1440.2%
  11. 11RAMKRISHNA KUMARIndependent · IND1320.2%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
IND
IND–JNPSC swing
−33.7%
IND share
40.3% → 29.6%
JNPSC share
0.0% → 23.1%
Turnout
— → —
199. Chandi201. Mokamah
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