Election
Constituency

201. Mokamah

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-MOKAMAH

INC 28.4%won by 6.1%CPI 22.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.6% to 6.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 22.2% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 50.6% between them, down from 86.3% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
86,391
Margin
5,290
6.12%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPI swing
−37.8%
INC share
44.0% 28.4%
CPI share
0.0% 22.2%
Turnout