Election
Constituency

206. Patna West

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-PATNA-WEST

INC 29.9%won by 1.9%INCU 28.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 1.9%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 29.9% of the vote here (+29.9%).
  • New challengerINCU (INCU) finished second with 28.0% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.8% between them, down from 89.1% — 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
—
not in source
Valid votes
88,106
Margin
1,641
1.86%

Candidates

20 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RANJEET SINHAIndian National Congress · INC26,30029.9%
  2. 2KRISHNA NANDAN SAHAYINCU · INCU24,65928.0%
  3. 3THAKUR PRASADBharatiya Janata Party · BJP14,03415.9%
  4. 4PRABHAT KUMAR SINHARashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP11,96313.6%
  5. 5AWADH KUMAR SINGHJanata Party · JNP2,8333.2%
  6. 6CHUNNI LAL RAIJNPSR · JNPSR2,6573.0%
  7. 7MOHAMMAD GAFFARIndependent · IND1,8192.1%
  8. 8SIYA RAM RAIIndependent · IND9601.1%
  9. 9SOHAN PRASADIndependent · IND9171.0%
  10. 10D.S. PANDEYIndependent · IND6340.7%
  11. 11AMRENDRA PRASADIndependent · IND3180.4%
  12. 12SATYADEO SINGHIndependent · IND1860.2%
  13. 13CHANDRIKA PRASADIndependent · IND1840.2%
  14. 14RAM PARVESH SINGHIndependent · IND1260.1%
  15. 15JAI GOBIND SAHAYIndependent · IND1200.1%
  16. 16ANAND KUMARIndependent · IND1190.1%
  17. 17ANAND PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND960.1%
  18. 18DINESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND790.1%
  19. 19RAGHU RAIIndependent · IND720.1%
  20. 20BIJENDRA SINGHIndependent · IND300.0%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–INCU swing
+1.9%
INC share
0.0% → 29.9%
INCU share
0.0% → 28.0%
Turnout
— → —
205. Masaurhi207. Patna Central
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