Constituency
208. Patna East
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1980
BR-PATNA-EAST
INC 23.5%won by 0.4%BJP 23.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.4%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 19.7% to 23.5% of the vote here (+3.8%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 23.0% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 46.5% between them, down from 88.9% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
66,879
Margin
280
0.42%
Candidates
18 contested · winner INC- 1SARAD KUMAR JAINIndian National Congress · INC15,69123.5%
- 2RAM DEO MAHTOBharatiya Janata Party · BJP15,41123.0%
- 3RAM LAKHAN SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI12,36218.5%
- 4JAMUNA PRASAD SINGHINCU · INCU10,59615.8%
- 5RAJENDRA PRASAD VERMAIndependent · IND7,64111.4%
- 6TAQUI RAHIMJanata Party · JNP2,3603.5%
- 7VIJAI KUMAR LALJNPSC · JNPSC1,6852.5%
- 8RAM KRISHNA YADAVIndependent · IND2220.3%
- 9BASANT KUMAR PATHIKIndependent · IND1720.3%
- 10SHAMBHU NATH YADAVIndependent · IND1100.2%
- 11RAGHUNATH GUPTAIndependent · IND1070.2%
- 12SUBODH KUMAR SAHJNPSR · JNPSR1000.1%
- 13LAKSHMI NARAINIndependent · IND890.1%
- 14RAJA RAM SINGHIndependent · IND880.1%
- 15SATYA NARAIN PRASADIndependent · IND830.1%
- 16LAL MAHTOIndependent · IND590.1%
- 17ASAF KHANIndependent · IND580.1%
- 18ANUP SINGHIndependent · IND450.1%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- −19.3%
- INC share
- 19.7% → 23.5%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 23.0%
- Turnout
- — → —